We head for the Otter airplane [ Aug 3, 1974 ] 1 / 91
Missinipe, we attach two canoes to the airplane [ Aug 3, 1974 ] 2 / 91
Ken and Cele just happen to drop in from Waskesiu [ Aug 3, 1974 ] 3 / 91
Barker Lake to Devil Lake lookingf north east [ Aug 3, 1974 ] 4 / 91
Canoes tied onto the Otter [ Aug 3, 1974 ] 5 / 91
Grassy field on Dead Island in Dead Lake [ Aug 3, 1974 ] 6 / 91
Mounthey Lake into Dead Lake looking north west [ Aug 3, 1974 ] 7 / 91
Both sets of rapids in Birch Rapids looking south east [ Aug 3, 1974 ] 8 / 91
View from the aircraft [ Aug 3, 1974 ] 9 / 91
View from the aircraft [ Aug 3, 1974 ] 10 / 91
Haultain marsh in Dreger Lake with the Churchill River in flood [ Aug 3, 1974 ] 11 / 91
Haultain marsh in Dreger Lake with the Churchill River in flood [ Aug 3, 1974 ] 12 / 91
Patuanak, Father Louis Moraud memorial [ Aug 3, 1974 ] 13 / 91
Patuanak, Father Louis Moraud grave and altar [ Aug 3, 1974 ] 14 / 91
Patuanak, church interior [ Aug 3, 1974 ] 15 / 91
Cross just before Drum Rapids [ Aug 3, 1974 ] 16 / 91
Ian and Ed swim at first camp after Leaf Rapids [ Aug 3, 1974 ] 17 / 91
Camp on south shore after Leaf Rapids [ Aug 3, 1974 ] 18 / 91
Morning after our accident, Leaf Rapids camp [ Aug 4, 1974 ] 19 / 91
Dipper Portage, Ian and I push a canoe on the rails [ Aug 4, 1974 ] 20 / 91
Dipper Portage, Ian and I push a canoe on the rails [ Aug 4, 1974 ] 21 / 91
Dipper Portage mushroom [ Aug 4, 1974 ] 22 / 91
Dipper Rapids from Sand Ridge. River in flood [ Aug 4, 1974 ] 23 / 91
Dipper Rapids from Sand Ridge. River in flood [ Aug 4, 1974 ] 24 / 91
Dipper Rapids from Sand Ridge. River in flood [ Aug 4, 1974 ] 25 / 91
Dipper Rapids, end of portage [ Aug 4, 1974 ] 26 / 91
Dipper River in flood stage, four to five feet high [ Aug 4, 1974 ] 27 / 91
Ian stands on the shelf next to Dipper Rapids [ Aug 4, 1974 ] 28 / 91
Blueberries grow on the sand ridge above Dipper Rapids [ Aug 4, 1974 ] 29 / 91
Dipper marsh, we continue on [ Aug 4, 1974 ] 30 / 91
Primeau camp cabins prior to church [ Aug 4, 1974 ] 31 / 91
Primeau indian settlement, moose meat [ Aug 4, 1974 ] 32 / 91
Primeau Lake reserve, smoking meat [ Aug 4, 1974 ] 33 / 91
Primeau Lake, boy on a boat bow [ Aug 4, 1974 ] 34 / 91
Primeau Lake church interior, Father Moraud's [ Aug 4, 1974 ] 35 / 91
Cree text in the church [ Aug 4, 1974 ] 36 / 91
Knee Lake, strong south winds [ Aug 5, 1974 ] 37 / 91
Knee Lake, the cross on the hill leading to Bentley Bay [ Aug 5, 1974 ] 38 / 91
Knee Lake dinner stop [ Aug 5, 1974 ] 39 / 91
Elak Dase, the church was locked [ Aug 5, 1974 ] 40 / 91
Elak Dase campsite [ Aug 5, 1974 ] 41 / 91
Elak Dase, we catch six jackfish [ Aug 5, 1974 ] 42 / 91
Elak Dase campsite [ Aug 5, 1974 ] 43 / 91
Fletcher cooking fish [ Aug 5, 1974 ] 44 / 91
Fletcher cooking fish [ Aug 5, 1974 ] 45 / 91
Fletcher at Elak Dase campsite [ Aug 5, 1974 ] 46 / 91
Fletcher at Elak Dase campsite [ Aug 5, 1974 ] 47 / 91
Haultain Marsh, we paddle through the grass [ Aug 6, 1974 ] 48 / 91
Sandy Lake, Tom, Ian, Jim dinner stop [ Aug 6, 1974 ] 49 / 91
Sandy Lake, Ed and Larry rest at noon [ Aug 6, 1974 ] 50 / 91
The sand beach on Sandy Lake, dinner stop [ Aug 6, 1974 ] 51 / 91
Sandy Lake beach, Tom and Jim sleep while Ian Heider checks the map [ Aug 6, 1974 ] 52 / 91
Snake Rapids, we portage over the island [ Aug 6, 1974 ] 53 / 91
Snake Rapids, we portage over the island [ Aug 6, 1974 ] 54 / 91
We stop for the night at McDonald Bay [ Aug 6, 1974 ] 55 / 91
McDonald Bay, sunset at our campsite [ Aug 6, 1974 ] 56 / 91
Campsite at McDonald Bay, half way through the trip [ Aug 6, 1974 ] 57 / 91
Belanger, dinner stop, Tom and Jim sleep [ Aug 7, 1974 ] 58 / 91
Belanger stop, cranberries at the dinner site [ Aug 7, 1974 ] 59 / 91
Sandfly outlet, the portage is under water [ Aug 7, 1974 ] 60 / 91
Sandfly outlet, the portage is under water [ Aug 7, 1974 ] 61 / 91
Campsite after Needle Falls and before Silent Rapids [ Aug 7, 1974 ] 62 / 91
Sunset at Black Bear Island campsite [ Aug 8, 1974 ] 63 / 91
Sunset prior to Birch Rapids campsite [ Aug 8, 1974 ] 64 / 91
It rained all night at Black Bear Island campsite [ Aug 8, 1974 ] 65 / 91
Trout Rapids, not runnable [ Aug 8, 1974 ] 66 / 91
Trout Rapids, Peter Crockett bashed his canoe here [ Aug 8, 1974 ] 67 / 91
Trout Rapids, Trout Lake above normal [ Aug 9, 1974 ] 68 / 91
Trout Rapids not runnable [ Aug 9, 1974 ] 69 / 91
Chipewan Rapids, Island on right is the portage [ Aug 9, 1974 ] 70 / 91
Chipewan Rapids, powerful slack [ Aug 9, 1974 ] 71 / 91
Only slack is powerful [ Aug 9, 1974 ] 72 / 91
Fletcher studies Chipewan Rapids [ Aug 9, 1974 ] 73 / 91
Rock cairn at west end [ Aug 9, 1974 ] 74 / 91
Sunrise at 530 am on Nipew Lake [ Aug 10, 1974 ] 75 / 91
Tom Anderson tries to make a fire [ Aug 10, 1974 ] 76 / 91
Devil Rapids camp, closed due to very high water [ Aug 10, 1974 ] 77 / 91
Devil Rapids camp, Ed and Ian inspect damage [ Aug 10, 1974 ] 78 / 91
Devil Rapids camp, south sand bay is flooded [ Aug 10, 1974 ] 79 / 91
Three streakers, Tom, Jim and Milow at Great Devil [ Aug 10, 1974 ] 80 / 91
Below Devil Rapids, wrecked 17 foot Kildonan canoe [ Aug 10, 1974 ] 81 / 91
Otter Rapids, we arrive safe after 190 miles [ Aug 10, 1974 ] 82 / 91
Ed and I run Otter Rapids [ Aug 10, 1974 ] 83 / 91
Ed and I run Otter Rapids [ Aug 10, 1974 ] 84 / 91
Upper Otter Rapids, towards Devils Lake, flood [ Aug 10, 1974 ] 85 / 91
Record flood on the lower Otter Rapids [ Aug 10, 1974 ] 86 / 91
A photo of the record flood on Otter Rapids in 1955 [ Aug 10, 1974 ] 87 / 91
Otter Rapids in 1995 before the bridge was built [ Aug 10, 1974 ] 88 / 91
Our group at Kelly's farm, Ian, Larry, Tom, Jim, Ed, Milow [ Aug 11, 1974 ] 89 / 91
Our group at Kelly's farm, Ian, Larry, Tom, Jim, Ed, Milow [ Aug 11, 1974 ] 90 / 91
On the way home down highway 6 after the trip [ Aug 11, 1974 ] 91 / 91
