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Bachelor Lake may change name after female pioneer catches giant pike
Mildred Jourdin 97 pounds former wartime Wren and her fiancé Deke Orr the bush pilot landed near Bachelor Lake about 100 miles north of Rouyn in the Chibougamau area of Quebec. Jourdin is believed to be the first white woman to enter the Bachelor Lake region and caught a 10 pound pike during the expedition while Orr unloaded prospector’s supplies. Jourdin resides in Rouyn with her father, a Rouyn north country pioneer.
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Bachelor Lake
Rouyn
Chibougamau
Quebec
Mildred
Kit) Jourdin
Wren
Deke Orr
Orr
Miss Jourdin
Rouyn North Country