Jeremy Derksen

Jeremy Derksen

Managing editor
Homebase: Edmonton

If some of the worst adventure mishaps make some of the greatest stories, Jeremy has some great stories to tell. He’s hitchhiked, hopped trains, 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

A family kayaks on the lake in MD Bonnyville

Pie and possibility - Becoming a kid again in the M.D. of 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

Road tripping down Plamondon’s Memory Lane

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As she bends over to look into the windows of the tiny church, Rosalie Subchuk sighs. Memories from...

Metis Crossing

Come walk in the footsteps of the trapper's life at Métis Crossing

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

Vermilion Arts

Artistic alchemy brewing in Vermilion

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Kim Chomyk breaks into a grin as the shape of a bowl begins to emerge from the potter’s wheel, under...

Lac La Biche

Connecting with the earth and the past in Lac La Biche Region

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Splitting cracks echo in the poplar woods around us, as John Ritchie and Winston and Christina...

Lac La Biche

Tasting fire in Lac La Biche

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Ever eaten a fire ant? That’s the question Dragan Uzelac has posed to Maranda Cardinal and her...

Athabasca

Feeling the Wake in Athabasca

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Glenda Gray points and shouts to get our attention as a pod of pelicans simultaneously takes flight...

Canoe Circuit

Reconnect on the Lakeland Canoe Circuit #TakeItToTheLake

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Frogs hop under fern leaves as trembling aspen whisper above. Sun filters through the high forest...

Wicked Watersports

Beach and board #TakeItToTheLake

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Flying high over the waves, Nathalie Senez takes a plunging dive. Momentarily, she pops up again...

Winefred Lake Lac La Biche

Catch and release with Winefred Lake Outfitters in Lac La Biche

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The pike’s tail thrashes, splashing the sides of the boat. It’s a strong 10-pounder and it’s putting...