Jeremy Derksen

Jeremy Derksen

Managing editor
Homebase: Edmonton

Jeremy Derksen has hitchhiked across BC, hopped trains in Alberta, slept outdoors in a hammock at -5C, been attacked by an owl, caught hypothermia while ski-touring in Yoho and somehow managed to solo the Canadian Death Race. All that (good) suffering inspires his work as an editor, writer, photographer, adventurer, location manager and media consultant. He is also a father of three, so his sherpa skills are on point.

He has published in The Ski Journal, Canadian Geographic, The Globe & Mail, Avenue Magazine, Vue Weekly and more. His media clients have included the Canadian Tourism Commission (Mexico), Travel Alberta and Edmonton Tourism.

As a writer and producer at Seekers, he is proud to have worked on the award-winning Take It To The Lake campaign.

 

Stories by Jeremy Derksen

Riding bikes along the lake at Vermilion Provincial Park
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What’s green, blue and ridden all over? The bike trails by the lake in Vermilion Provincial Park...

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Camping in a trapper's tent at Métis Crossing transports visitors back to the late 19th century...

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Waking in the middle of the night to a dwindling fire, a few hours’ ride by horse from civilization...

Horse ride with Leaning Tree Trail Rides, Athabasca County
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Clucks and whinnies greet Caitlyn Chernish and Toni Shenfield as they walk towards the bright red...

Metis Crossing demonstration
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Fiddle song dances play lightly over the patio at Métis Crossing as Sameer Ahmed and his wife Salma...

A family prepared for beekeeping in Lac La Biche
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Buzzing envelops us as Rob Wicker holds out a panel of his honeybee hives for us to see. There, in...

A couple in the sun on a boat in Cold Lake
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Vast as Cold Lake is, you don’t have to go far to find fish. In just over an hour, Greg and Lisa...

A couple cozy up on a boat on the lake in Athabasca
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Grinning ear to ear and spraying a fan of water behind him, Josh Meredith skims past on a Sea-Doo...

A panoramic shot of Vermilion from a lookout point
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The cafe, the cheesemaker, the craft cocktail maker - it’s not a nursery rhyme, it’s an afternoon in...

A family kayaks on the lake in MD Bonnyville
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Dewy purple and magenta bursts of berries hang pendulously from the branches of eight-foot high...

A couple sits on the dock by a lake in Plamondon Lac La Biche
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As she bends over to look into the windows of the tiny church, Rosalie Subchuk sighs. Memories from...

Metis Crossing
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Using a length of coiled wire and a dead aspen branch, Lilyrose Meyers demonstrates how to set a...