author
Egerton Ryerson Young
1840–1909
A Canadian Methodist missionary and storyteller, he turned years in northern Manitoba into vivid books about travel, mission life, and encounters on the frontier. His writing helped introduce many readers to the people and landscapes of Rupert’s Land in the late 19th century.
6 Audiobooks
By Canoe and Dog Train Among The Cree and Salteaux Indians
by Egerton Ryerson Young
Three Boys in the Wild North Land
by Egerton Ryerson Young
On the Indian Trail Stories of Missionary Work among Cree and Salteaux Indians
by Egerton Ryerson Young
Algonquin Indian Tales
by Egerton Ryerson Young
Oowikapun, or, How the Gospel reached the Nelson River Indians
by Egerton Ryerson Young
Winter Adventures of Three Boys in the Great Lone Land
by Egerton Ryerson Young
About the author
Born in Crosby Township, Upper Canada, in 1840, he became a teacher and then a Methodist minister before heading west as a missionary. He is best known for his work at Norway House in what is now northern Manitoba, where he served among Cree and Saulteaux communities and later drew on those experiences in his books and lectures.
Alongside his ministry, he built a reputation as a lively author who wrote for readers curious about life in the Canadian Northwest. His books mix memoir, travel writing, and missionary narrative, and they helped popularize stories of the region for audiences in Canada, Britain, and the United States.
He died in 1909 in Bradford, Ontario. Remembered as a teacher, missionary, lecturer, and author, he left behind a body of writing that offers a window into both his own beliefs and the world he travelled through.