The book was very popular, and contributed to an image of the discoverer as a solitary individual who challenged the unknown sea, as triumphant Americans contemplated the dangers and promise of their own wilderness frontier.

One of the most popular of all New Deal programs was the Civilian Conservation Corps ( 1933 – 1943 ), which sent two million poor young men to work in rural and wilderness areas, primarily on conservation projects.

Alexander proved to be enthusiastic about the Canadian wilderness, as well as a popular governor general with the Canadian people, and he would be the last non-Canadian-born governor general before the appointment of Adrienne Clarkson in 1999.

Visiting old ghost towns is popular, as is wilderness trekking and mountain climbing.

As in much of the popular fiction that Heinlein would have been familiar with in his youth ( e. g., Tarzan and The Virginian ), the theme is that the wilderness acts as a magnifying glass to amplify the inherent differences between the best and the worst of the human race.

Many of the rivers flowing into James Bay are popular destinations for wilderness canoe-trippers.

* Bushcraft, a popular term for wilderness survival skills

The more popular identification among modern scholars, of Sinai as al-Madhbah at Petra, would imply that the wilderness of Sin was roughly equatable with the central Arabah.

The town was first settled in the 19th century by gold and mineral prospectors, and has become a popular Summer tourist destination thanks to its scenic wilderness location and proximity to the world-class salmon fishery of the Kenai River and Russian River.

* Nearby Lake Cle Elum & Salmon La Sac – Lake Cle Elum is a popular year-round recreational destination for camping, hiking, cross country skiing, snomobiling, boating and wilderness activities.

A parody of the popular western drama The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams — retitled Grizzly Abrams — depicted the burly wilderness hero as the owner of a wild tortoise which took weeks to lead police to the skeletal remains of its master, trapped beneath a fallen log.

Zoonotic transmission is also possible, so Giardia infection is a concern for people camping in the wilderness or swimming in contaminated streams or lakes, especially the artificial lakes formed by beaver dams ( hence the popular name for giardiasis, " beaver fever ").

Uluru and the Australian outback are other popular locations, as is Tasmanian wilderness.

By the 1920s, travel across North America by train to experience the " wilderness " ( often viewing it only through windows ) had become wildly popular.

With numerous trails, including part of the Appalachian Trail, large tracts of wilderness, parks like Kent Falls, Berkshire Botanical Garden and Hebert Arboretum the Berkshires are very popular with nature lovers.

The church was growing steadily, but Daystar failed to expand beyond the Dallas area until Tilton went to Hawaii — his self-described version of Jesus's forty days in the wilderness — and spent time fishing, drinking, and watching an increasingly popular new form of television programming: the late-night infomercial.

The San Bernardinos form a significant region of wilderness and are popular for hiking and skiing.

The Gordon River Cruises from Strahan across Macquarie Harbour have been popular, specially since the Franklin Dam dispute in the 1980s, as people are able to venture into the edge of the wilderness without any problems.

It is a popular and beautiful holiday spot for boating, fishing, walking the wilderness coast, swimming, birdwatching, and surfing.

Chimanimani is one of Zimbabwe's finest mountain wilderness areas and a very popular hiking destination.

The wilderness protects several mountain ranges, extensive wildlife, and a popular whitewater rafting river: the Salmon River.

The river is approximately 120 km in length and is a popular wilderness canoeing route.

These parks and the adjacent Bell Mountain Wilderness Area make up part of a large wilderness area that is very popular with hikers and backpackers.

Hunting is also a popular activity due to Canada's vast wilderness and pioneer past.

Regardless when and by what route it reached England and the British colonies in its recognizable form, croquet is, like pall mall, trucco, jeu de mail and kolven, clearly a derivative of ground billiards, which was popular in Western Europe back to at least the 14th century, with roots in classical antiquity.

The Strada del Merlot is a popular tourist route through Merlot wine countries along the Isonzo river.

Due to the short driving distance and direct highway route ( 170 miles, all on Interstate 8 ), Yuma was very popular with Padres fans, and many fans would travel by car from San Diego for Spring Training games.

Even Lester's transformation only comes about because of the possibility of sex with Angela ; he therefore remains a " willing devotee of the popular media's exultation of pubescent male sexuality as a route to personal wholeness ".

This route was used by some adventurous travelers but was not too popular because of the difficulties of making connections and the often hostile population along the way.

Rallying became very popular in Sweden and Finland in the 1950s, thanks in part to the invention there of the specialsträcka ( Swedish ) or erikoiskoe ( Finnish ), or special stage: shorter sections of route, usually on minor or private roads — predominantly gravel in these countries — away from habitation and traffic, which were separately timed.

The Genesee River is extremely popular with canoeists ( as it was a favored route for Native Americans ) and the river abounds in smallmouth bass, trout and panfish.

Some sources give Achiktash as the Kyrgyz name for this 7, 134 m mountain on the border with Tajikistan, but it seems that Achiktash, or more properly Achik-Tash, is the name of a plateau and a base camp at an altitude of 3, 600 m on a popular northern climbing route to Lenin Peak, which starts in the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh, a day's drive north of the border.

Commercial droving began in 1910, but the stock route did not prove popular and was rarely used for the next twenty years.

In former years the track was of a very poor quality and suitable only for high-clearance four-wheel drive vehicles, but it has been upgraded to a full-scale dirt road and is now a popular tourist route.

On the Atlantic side, the most popular ascent is Kasteelspoort, a gorge overlooking Camps Bay, while the Pipe Track is a level route popular with walkers.

The river's course provides a popular route for cyclists, especially during the summer months.

* A popular cycling route runs from Ballycastle to Cushendun, by way of Torr Head, offering spectacular views and scenery.

A popular four-wheel-drive route down the Finke River to Illamurta Springs and Watarrka National Park begins at Finke Gorge.

The Starcke Track provides another route more popular with four-wheel drive vehicles.

This route is now popular mainly with off-road 4x4 drivers and with off-road or dual-purpose motorcyclists, and should not be attempted by regular passenger cars or street motorcycles.

Located in the mountainous valley of the Portneuf River on the old route of the Oregon Trail and California Trail, the city has become a popular resort location, noted for its numerous hot springs amenable to bathing and a turbulent inner tube run through part of the town.

The point is a popular lookout and is a prominent stop along the scenic route of Highway 22.

The most popular stop at Hocking is Robins Crossing, a restored pioneer village located on both the Hocking Valley Scenic Railway train route and the Hockhocking Adena Bikeway.

Cascade Locks is also a few miles upstream of Eagle Creek Gorge, a popular scenic area that doubles as an alternate route for the Pacific Crest Trail.

Patten had a freight depot along Ruckles Road, only the second road over the Blue Mountains, which was a popular route over the Blue Mountains until it washed out in 1884.

The Strömsholm Canal has been restored and is a popular route for small yachts.

Jamestown uses its placement along an alternate route to popular vacation destination Myrtle Beach to trap unwary drivers.