“Northwest Passage” is the opening song off of the 1981 album of the same name. The song compares the voyages of the first European explorers in Canada to Rogers’s own touring as a musician. In a CBC radio poll, it was voted the unofficial Canadian anthem by millions of listeners. The song is one of Rogers’s classic acapellas, along with “Barrett’s Privateers,” “Leave Her Johnny Leave Her,” and “Rolling Down To Old Maui.” In 2013, the song’s lyrics were illustrated and released as a children’s b