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Harold Wells recalls a 1932 Northwest canoe trip with family
The narrator recounts a 1932 trek from Thicket Portage to Moose Lake along the Nelson River and Lake Winnipeg. Harold Wells, then a boy of four, later known as The Pas Manpower Unit Manager, accompanies his parents Edna and Harodie on the 500 mile voyage with a small crew. They bypass motors for paddles, sail a lateen rig, and prepare a bare essentials outfit for a dangerous wilderness journey.
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Thicket Portage
Pas
Judson Bay
Hudson Bay Railway
Moose Lake
Tom Lamb
Asha Ranch
Edna
Harodie
Harold Wells
Lamb Twins
Donald
Donnie
Dennis Dennie
Lamair
Nelson River
Lake
Winnipeg
Saskatchewan
Lake Winnipeg
Chehay
Haroldie
Landing Lake
Cross Portage
Spashing Nelson River
Churchill River
Hydro
Rat River
North
Cross Lake
Norway House
Grand Rapids
Chemahawin