Cabin 14

The demise of a “northern” urban legend regarding the possible whereabouts of the original Air Force 1.

I have to admit, I got a kick out of reading the promotional materials for this product claiming that if you take this stove along on your next camping trip, it will be just like cooking at home.

In a word. Not.

While for some, the jury may still be out regarding the overall effectiveness of catch and release programs, in my opinion the jury has completed their deliberations and rendered a verdict - that if properly designed, implemented and administered – they work.

Consider this case in point.

Just to be clear, I am not suggesting a trip into the Himalaya’s to go one on one with the legendary fur ball that supposedly roams those parts.

This Yeti is much closer at hand, and a great deal easier to find. Just head on over to a quality outdoors store, and with a bit of luck, you may have a verifiable sighting.

“Wonderland consists of a series of five, interconnected ponds that are fed by underground artesian springs. Each pond features deep, cool, clear water with colours that vary from deep blue to teal and azure.

One of the ponds is completely ringed by trees that come right down to the waters edge. The reflections of the trees, combined with numerous deadfalls that are visible beneath the surface of the water, combine to create a hypnotising mosaic of shapes, images and colours…”

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“It is a land frozen in time, an ancient place, shrouded in both mystery and legend.

 The people of Great Bear Lake – the Sahtu Dene, have lived here since the beginning of time as we would perhaps understand it, and through the generations have handed down stories of Na acho – the gigantic mammals and birds that once roamed the earth.

 While it is unlikely that you will encounter a T-Rex today, the lake now boasts a new generation of giants – Lake Trout…”

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“I have fished a good many places on Great Bear Lake over the years.

While they have all produced big fish at one time or another, particularly Macintosh Bay, where on one rather remarkable day four of us caught and released thirty lake trout totalling 901 pounds – including one monster that tipped the scales at sixty six and one half pounds– the place that brings back some of the fondest memories is McGill Bay…”

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“It became readily apparent that if there was any mischief afoot on these fishing trips, Uncle Harry was, if not the architect, certainly a willing participant.

There were legendary tales, such as the one where my Uncle Sid’s false teeth somehow found their way into the mouth of a long dead ground hog, and Sid’s reaction when he woke up and found the little critter lying on the pillow next to him, smiling sweetly...”

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 After many years of planning, the stars and planets were finally in their proper alignment, and I was about to make my first trip to the legendary Tree, or Kogluktualuk River in Nunavut, to fish for what are arguably the worlds biggest Arctic Char.

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“While the aforementioned Thymallus arcticus, or Arctic Grayling, clearly bears no resemblance to a salmon whatsoever, these scrappy little guys are actually members of the salmon, or Salmonidae family. 

Fishing for Thymallus can be very frustrating at times, because they have this annoying habit of either being excessively compliant – they will at times attack a soggy old cigar butt with great enthusiasm – or developing an advanced case of lock jaw, and will only hit one very obscure fly pattern, which you can bet you will not have…”

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