Ryan Rodgers - Where the Green Light Shines
About this episode
Ryan Rodgers discusses his upcoming book about paddling canoes and the allure of the Canadian barrens.
Minnesota author and frequent Paddle & Portage contributor Ryan Rodgers has a new book about paddling canoes. “Where the Green Light Shines” will be available in summer 2026. The book takes readers from Minnesota’s Boundary Waters into the Canadian barrens, a region rarely seen by most BWCA paddlers. The book tells the pull this area had on one of Minnesota’s most accomplished paddlers, Bob O’Hara. Rodgers recently met up with Joe Friedrichs on the shore of Lake Superior in Grand Marais to discuss the book and other topics relevant to the Boundary Waters. This episode is sponsored by Tuscarora Lodge & Canoe Outfitters and Ely Outfitting Company.
People in this episode
Host: Joe Friedrichs
Guest: Ryan Rodgers
Sponsors
Tuscarora Lodge & Canoe Outfitters, Ely Outfitting Company
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Paddle & Portage
Places: Minnesota, Boundary Waters, Canadian barrens, Lake Superior, Grand Marais
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