Sigurd F. Olson (1899–1982)
Author of The Singing Wilderness
About the Author
Image credit: Photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt
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Works by Sigurd F. Olson
The Meaning of Wilderness: Essential Articles and Speeches (Outdoor Essays & Reflections) (2001) 21 copies
Collected Works of Sigurd F. Olson: The Early Writings, 1921-1934 (Olson, Sigurd F//Collected Works of Sigurd F Olson) (1988) 14 copies
The Collected Works of Sigurd F. Olson: The College Years, 1935-1944 (Olson, Sigurd F//Collected Works of Sigurd F… (1990) 12 copies
Lonley Land 1 copy
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- Legal name
- Olson, Sigurd Ferdinand
- Birthdate
- 1899-04-04
- Date of death
- 1982-01-13
- Burial location
- Park Hill Cemetery, Duluth, Minnesota, USA
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Birthplace
- Humboldt Park, Illinois, USA
- Place of death
- Ely, Minnesota, USA
- Places of residence
- Humboldt Park, Illinois, USA (birth)
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Ely, Minnesota, USA - Education
- University of Wisconsin (1920)
- Occupations
- backcountry guide
naturalist
environmentalist
writer - Organizations
- Vermilion Community College
National Parks Association
Wilderness Society - Awards and honors
- John Burroughs Nature Award (1974)
Dedication: Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute, Northland College
Honors: Sierra Club
Honors: National Wildlife Federation - Short biography
- For more than thirty years, Sigurd Olson served as a wilderness guide in the lakes and forests the Quetico-Superior country of northern Minnesota and northeastern Ontario. He was known honorifically as the Bourgeois — a term the voyageurs of old used of their trusted leaders.
He is widely credited with the successful passage of the BWCA Wilderness Act, as well as the played major roles in the establishment and preservation of Voyageurs National Park in northern Minnesota, Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, and Point Reyes National Seashore in California.
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