Pilgrims of the Wild by Grey Owl (1935). The memoir in which Archibald Belaney — writing as the Indigenous conservationist Grey Owl — describes his transformation from trapper to beaver protector in the wilderness around Ajawaan Lake. The prose is romantic and earnest, and it was a global sensation in its time. Reading it before visiting his cabin deepens every step of the Ajawaan Lake trail.
The Diefenbaker Legacy: Canadian Politics, Law and Society Since 1957, edited by D.C. Story and R. Bruce Shepard (1998). A collection of scholarly essays examining what Diefenbaker's government actually changed — his Bill of Rights, his treatment of Indigenous Canadians, his populist Prairie politics. Not light reading, but it gives Prince Albert's most famous son far more texture than a museum plaque can.
The Perfection of the Morning: An Apprenticeship in Nature by Sharon Butala (1994). Butala writes about learning to inhabit the Saskatchewan landscape — its silences, its light, its animals — after moving to a ranch in the southwest of the province. Though set far from Prince Albert, it captures the particular quality of attention the northern boreal forest demands.