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Canadian fishing trip plagued by car trouble and help from lumberjacks
A group from Bloomington Illinois, plus three friends, planned a Canadian wilderness trip to Oak Lake. Their aged jeep kept breaking down from Tomah to Kenora, needing repairs from fuel filters to coil and carburetor, finally reaching International Falls after a near-disastrous journey. Local lumberjacks aided with a makeshift bridge, camp setup, and a return to Oak Lake for better fishing, while a mechanic eventually repaired the car enough to complete the trip home.
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Charles Dickets
Watten
Bloomington
Ill
Tomah
Wisc
Oak
Watters
Bait la
International Falls
Kenora
Wea
Oak Lake
Floyd Triskle
Skinner
Floyd
Paul St. Cyr
Cort Krause
Auburn Lake
Paul
Jeep
Cort
Rying
Kebora
Wartery
Brown
Tempate
Gale
Dawn
Warren
Cort Krauss