Most Popular Books by Roy Macgregor

La légende de Tom Thomson est l’arbre qui cache la forêt. Et Roy MacGregor, qui a grandi à l''ombre du parc Algonquin, voulait percer le mystère. Au coeur de ces histoires au sujet du célèbre peintre se trouvait Winnie Trainor, une parente de Roy MacGregor. Winnie était la « vieille fille » trop excentrique pour être un personnage romanesque, même si l’on savait bien que Tom Thomson avait été amoureux d’elle. Par ailleurs, Thomson s’était fait des amis dans le Nord de l’Ontario, mais aussi des ennemis. Il aimait boire un coup. Il partait à l’aventure en canot des journées durant. Il était également perçu comme un séducteur. Était-il bon à rien et coureur de jupons ou, plutôt, gentleman visionnaire ? Noyé ou victime d’un homicide ? Dans L‘étoile du Nord, MacGregor explore ces mystères, qui n''ont de cesse de nous fasciner, même un siècle plus tard.

While in Drumheller, Alberta for the annual Dinosaur Pee Wee Tournament, Nish and his fellow teammates discover a dinosaur in the mountains, only no one will believe them

If you could travel through time, who would you want to meet? Lucas Finnigan eats, sleeps and breathes hockey. With his friends Edge, Swift and Crunch, Lucas plays on his hometown’s rink, dreaming of the day when he knows he’ll make the NHL. But lately money has been tight at home, and, after a major growth spurt, Lucas is forced to wear hand-me-down gear that doesn’t quite fit right. Now he’s not sure he’ll ever make it to the Hall of Fame like his hockey heroes. And that’s not the only problem. With the community arena’s chiller on the fritz, and replacement parts too tough to come by, it looks like Lucas and his friends may be doomed to a season on a plastic rink—or worse, no hockey at all! But with a magical discovery, and some help from one of hockey''s greatest players (who was a kid once, too!), their final skate might turn into their first great adventure . . .

A look into the history of Roy MacGregor''s family and its ties to the Ontario wilderness, showing an attachment between human and nature. This is shown in the development of "cottage country" in the nineteenth century as a way to escape back to nature. 2002.

It’s summer, and Rachel Highboy, Jesse’s hockey-playing cousin from James Bay, has come to Tamarack to join the Screech Owls on a week-long canoe trip into the wilds of Algonquin Park. At the same time, the rookie hero of this year’s Stanley Cup final is in a light plane that goes missing somewhere in the area. It is eerily like the story of Bill Barilko, the legendary Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman who disappeared when his plane crashed deep in the Ontario bush in 1951, just four months after he scored the Stanley-Cup-winning goal! When some of the team – including a terrified Nish – become separated from the others and find themselves lost in the deep woods, strange things begin to happen. A wolf comes each night to stand by the campfire. A mysterious stranger pays a visit. And a shocking discovery has Rachel and the Screech Owls wondering if they’ll make it out alive!

The Screech Owls have come to Ottawa to play in the Little Stanley Cup peewee tournament. This relaxed summer event honours Lord Stanley himself – the man who donated the Stanley Cup to hockey – and gives young players a chance to see the wonders of Canada’s capital city, travel into the wilds of Algonquin Park, and even go river rafting. Mr. Dillinger is also taking them to visit some of the region’s famous ghosts: the ghost of a dead prime minister; the ghost of a man hanged for murder; the ghost of the famous painter Tom Thomson. At first the Owls think this is Mr. Dillinger’s best idea ever, until Travis and his friends begin to suspect that one of these ghosts could be for real. Who is this phantom? Why has he come to haunt the Screech Owls? And what is his connection to the mysterious young stranger who offers to coach the team? The Ghost of the Stanley Cup is the eleventh book in the Screech Owls Series. Check out the Screech Owls’ website at www.screechowls.com

In this delightful dockside reader, one of Canada''s great writers of the outdoors celebrates the Canadian cottage experience. Written in journal form, The Weekender takes us through a typical year -the pleasures, great and small, and the occasional pains-of cottage living. From that first, essential opening-day plunge into a still-frigid lake to the last leap in at the summer''s end, and everything in between, The Weekender reprises some of MacGregor''s classic writings from Cottage Life, The Globe and Mail, and the National Post, and includes some new material, too. It''s the perfect read for the cottage lover in all of us, a book to return to again and again, in summer and all year long.

Every year, Bump longs to play in the annual family hockey game--the Christmas Classic--started by his grandfather, and finally he is tall enough to join in the tradition, which continues to go on, year after year.

本书收有“平静湖之谜”、“猫头鹰北行探险”、“瑞典绑架”、“佛罗里达恐怖事件”等八篇小说。

Pour la saison estivale, les membres des Carcajous troquent leur bâton de hockey pour une crosse. Alors que Sim cherche une histoire macabre pour réaliser un film d''horreur, lui et ses amis apprennent que leur entraîneur a été quelques années plus tôt soupçonné d''avoir tué son fils. Cette affaire n''a d''ailleurs jamais été résolue...

"Mystery at Lake Placid Travis Lindsay, his best friend, Nish, and all their pals on the Screech Owls hockey team, are on their way to New York for an international peewee tournament. Excitement builds in the team van on the way to Lake Placid. First there are the entertaining antics of their trainer, Mr. Dillinger - then there''s the prospect of playing on an Olympic rink, in a huge arena, knowing there will be scouts in the stands. But they have barely arrived when things start to go wrong. Their star centre, Sarah, plays badly from lack of sleep. Next Travis gets knocked down in the street. And then someone starts tampering with equipment. It looks as if someone is trying to sabotage the Screech Owls. But who? And why? And can Travis and the others stop the destruction before the decisive game of the tournament? "Mystery at Lake Placid is the first book in the Screech Owls Series by Roy MacGregor. "The Night They Stole the Stanley Cup Someone is out to steal the Stanley Cup - and only the Screech owls stand between the thieves and their prize! Travis, Nish, and the rest of the Screech Owls have come to Toronto for the biggest hockey tournament of their lives - only to find themselves in the biggest "mess of their lives. First Nish sprains his ankle falling down the stairs at the CN Tower. Later, key members of the team get caught shoplifting. And during a tour of the Hockey Hall of Fame, Travis overhears two men plotting to swipe the priceless Stanley Cup and hold it for ransom! Can the Screech Owls do anything to save the most revered trophy in the land? And can the team also rise to the challenge on the ice and play their best hockey ever? "The NightThey Stole the Stanley Cup is the second book in the Screech Owls Series. Check out the Screech Owls'' website at www.screechowls.com

Canadian journalist and sports author Roy MacGregor offers a heartfelt memoir of his eccentric father. In 1929, Duncan MacGregor found his way into Algonquin Park, and until his death at age 72, he lived as one with its flora and fauna. This biography describes what living in the woods was like for father and son, including descriptions of fishing and saving trees, isolation by choice, the love of nature and the power of the Canadian bush. Some strong language. 2000.