The Rapids

Edward Alan Sullivan (1868-1947) was a Canadian poet and author. He did railway exploration work in the West, and later worked in mining. He was assistant engineer in the Clergue enterprises at Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario for a year and a half, before the organization of the Consolidated Lake Superior Company. Subsequently he spent several years as a mining engineer in the Lake of the Woods district during the period of its gold exploitation. He gained recognition in the United States through his poems, short stories and comprehensive articles on various themes. These frequently appeared in Harper's Magazine, the Atlantic Monthly, and other leading American periodicals. In 1941 he won the Governor General's Award for English language fiction for the novel Three Came to Ville Marie. His other works include: The Passing of Oul-i-but (1913), Blantyre: Alien (1914), The Inner Door (1917), Aviation in Canada, 1917-18 (1919), The Rapids (1920), Whispering Lodge (1927), Under The Northern Light