
Walking the Bypass
Notes on Place from the Side of the Road
Ken Wilson(Author)
University of Regina Press
Published on 14. October 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-1-77940-076-5 (ISBN)
Description
Reflections from the lone traveller for whom a highway was never the intended destination
Walking the Bypass recounts Ken Wilson's singular experience of walking alongside the decidedly pedestrian-unfriendly Regina Bypass, all while situating the highway within the ongoing history of settler colonialism in southern Saskatchewan. Through a series of ambitious and unconventional walks, Wilson sets out to understand the arrival and significance of the new (and politically contentious) highway encircling Saskatchewan's capital as well as the Global Transportation Hub, a sprawling warehouse park the Bypass was intended to serve. He offers a new perspective on these heavily travelled yet untrodden spaces in a region dominated by industrial agriculture and high-speed transportation. Reflecting on the profound transformations to the land since the arrival of settlers in the 1880s, he wonders whether it's possible to form a connection with the land through walking--even on the gravelly edge of the freeway. In vivid and sincere prose that captures the thoughts of a man trudging along the roadside, Walking the Bypass explores how walking can transform non-places into places and enable settlers to forge a relationship with the land around them.More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Regina
Canada
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 124 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
400 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-77940-076-5 (9781779400765)
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Ken Wilson is a settler who grew up in the Haldimand Tract in southwestern Ontario. His writing has been published in Queen's Quarterly and The Goose: A Journal of Arts, Environment, and Culture in Canada. He lives on Treaty 4 territory in oskana kâ-asastêki (Regina, Saskatchewan), where he teaches English and film studies courses at the University of Regina.