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Jeremy Brown

I was born in Dryden, Ontario. My grandparents raised me in Dryden since I was a child. Throughout high school and college, I played a lot of sports, and worked as a fishing guide at a remote fly-in fishing resort in northwestern Ontario. After high school I attended trade school for HVAC and then completed a 5 year apprenticeship to become a refrigeration journeyman mechanic. Since starting college 8 years ago, I have lived in many places for school and work such as Flin Flon MB, Calgary, Sudbury, Kenora, and most recently Pembroke.

I have been very active in the outdoors, enjoying various activities such as mountain biking, skiing, snowshoeing, canoeing, and hiking. I also enjoy orienteering, and have competed in some adventure races. I'm definitely a team player and I'm an avid broomball player, and enjoy other sports such as volley ball and soccer.

I have a dream of owning my own business and I have a goal of starting an eco-tourism guide and outfitting business in the Kenora Region. For the past year I have been attending the Adventure Naturalist program at Algonquin College in Pembroke ON. The Adnat program is an outdoor, guide and interpreter training program. I feel that northwest Ontario has a huge potential for a strong eco-tourism industry, with abundant historical sites and a natural history that needs to be appreciated.

I have many motivations to be on this expedition. Since reading a book on canoeing the fur trade routes a couple of years ago, I have planned to cross the country by some means of self powered travel, and this trip will be a great start to my goal of crossing the continent.