Voyageur Press.

Voyageur voy·a·geur
n. pl. voy·a·geurs
A woodsman, boatman, or guide employed by a fur company to transport goods and supplies between remote stations in Canada or the U.S. Northwest. Press

PO Box 338, Stillwater, MN 55082

www.voyageurpress.com

Two lovely new guides are wonderful picks for back roads adventurers who enjoy lovely scenery. Rhonda Ostertag's Backroads Of Oregon: Your Gudie To Oregon's Most Scenic Backroad Adventures (0896580814, $19.95) is written and photographed by local experts, with vivid color and vintage black and white photos on each page and plenty of local history and color. From coastal bluffs to inland railroads, Backroads Of Oregon is the car traveler's dream. Philip Varney's Ghost Towns The following is a partial list of ghost towns.

Australia

See also:

Big Bell, Western Australia
Boyd Town, Twofold Bay near Eden, New South Wales

Of The Pacific Northwest (08965-85921, $19.95) blends anecdotes with travel information, maps, and photos to provide a blend of history and tour routes for the ghost towns, mining camps and historic forts of Oregon, Washington and British Columbia British Columbia, province (2001 pop. 3,907,738), 366,255 sq mi (948,600 sq km), including 6,976 sq mi (18,068 sq km) of water surface, W Canada. Geography
. Any with an interest in Northwest history and vintage towns, whether it be armchair traveler or destination visitor, will relish this intriguing in·trigue
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a. A secret or underhand scheme; a plot.

b. The practice of or involvement in such schemes.

2. A clandestine love affair.

v. history.

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Title Annotation:	Backroads of Oregon: Your Gudie to Oregon's Most Scenic Backroad Adventures; Ghost Towns of the Pacific Northwest
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Date:	Sep 1, 2005
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