The Zwaal Family

YMCA trip in July 1975 [Jul 12 - 19, 1975]

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Jan Lake, YMCA camp morning [ Jul 12, 1975 ] 1 / 93

Jan Lake, YMCA camp, Saturday morning breakfast [ Jul 12, 1975 ] 2 / 93

Pelican Narrows, dock is above water [ Jul 12, 1975 ] 3 / 93

Pelican Narrows,we wait for first group [ Jul 12, 1975 ] 4 / 93

Tim Joynt and Ralph pack gear at Pelican Narrows [ Jul 12, 1975 ] 5 / 93

Pelican Narrows, a visitor pays us a call [ Jul 12, 1975 ] 6 / 93

Medicine Rapids, look at the low water levels [ Jul 12, 1975 ] 7 / 93

Muskike Lake campsite [ Jul 12, 1975 ] 8 / 93

Muskike Lake [ Jul 12, 1975 ] 9 / 93

We make the second portage [ Jul 13, 1975 ] 10 / 93

Top of third portage, rock kettles [ Jul 13, 1975 ] 11 / 93

Top of third portage, we fish and fish [ Jul 13, 1975 ] 12 / 93

Top of third portage, Mark and Lonne fish, Rick and Doug [ Jul 13, 1975 ] 13 / 93

Three portages, Hans, Gerry and Denzil [ Jul 13, 1975 ] 14 / 93

Top of third portage, Lonnie shows Joe his fish [ Jul 13, 1975 ] 15 / 93

Dave Seller at the top of the third portage [ Jul 13, 1975 ] 16 / 93

Top of third portage at Muskike Lake, rock kettles [ Jul 13, 1975 ] 17 / 93

Grassy Narrows, Spruce (baby) Grouse [ Jul 13, 1975 ] 18 / 93

Grassy Narrows, Spruce (baby) Grouse [ Jul 13, 1975 ] 19 / 93

Dinner stop at Grassy Narrows [ Jul 13, 1975 ] 20 / 93

Grassy Narrows, Dave and Mark catch Pike [ Jul 13, 1975 ] 21 / 93

Wood Lake campsite, indian visitor [ Jul 13, 1975 ] 22 / 93

Lily Pads in the narrows of Pixley - Lindstrom [ Jul 14, 1975 ] 23 / 93

Frog Portage, Scott, Ralph, Hans and Milow [ Jul 14, 1975 ] 24 / 93

Frog Portage, we use rails built in 1973 [ Jul 14, 1975 ] 25 / 93

Frog Portage, we start our cart [ Jul 14, 1975 ] 26 / 93

Frog Portage [ Jul 14, 1975 ] 27 / 93

Frog Portage, what a way to portage [ Jul 14, 1975 ] 28 / 93

Frog Portage, YMCA father son trip [ Jul 14, 1975 ] 29 / 93

Rails are in poor shape [ Jul 14, 1975 ] 30 / 93

Frog Portage, we enter Uskik Lake [ Jul 14, 1975 ] 31 / 93

Uskik Lake Eagle campsite [ Jul 15, 1975 ] 32 / 93

Waterfall at north end of Uskik Lake [ Jul 15, 1975 ] 33 / 93

Uskik Lake, we paddle in the rain [ Jul 15, 1975 ] 34 / 93

Uskik Lake, rain on the Churchill River [ Jul 15, 1975 ] 35 / 93

Frog Portage, we return to our rails [ Jul 15, 1975 ] 36 / 93

Frog Portage, the rail part is fun [ Jul 15, 1975 ] 37 / 93

Lindstrom Lake, Jerry and Tim paddle through the lily pads [ Jul 15, 1975 ] 38 / 93

Top of third portage route, Ralph catches a large one [ Jul 15, 1975 ] 39 / 93

Third Portage camp looking east at Middle River [ Jul 15, 1975 ] 40 / 93

Third portage camp, top of portage [ Jul 15, 1975 ] 41 / 93

Beautiful morning, Dave taking a bath [ Jul 15, 1975 ] 42 / 93

Ralph and Mark Thompson [ Jul 15, 1975 ] 43 / 93

Beautiful morning, sunny [ Jul 15, 1975 ] 44 / 93

When will we eat [ Jul 15, 1975 ] 45 / 93

Hans Eckhardt enjoying the sun [ Jul 15, 1975 ] 46 / 93

Dave, Doug, Tim, Denzil [ Jul 15, 1975 ] 47 / 93

Third portage, Steve Eckhardt [ Jul 15, 1975 ] 48 / 93

Dave yawns [ Jul 15, 1975 ] 49 / 93

Rick and Scott [ Jul 15, 1975 ] 50 / 93

Breakfast, Jerry has toast ready [ Jul 15, 1975 ] 51 / 93

Third portage camp, fathers work, sons wait [ Jul 15, 1975 ] 52 / 93

The long wait for food [ Jul 15, 1975 ] 53 / 93

Third portage campsite [ Jul 15, 1975 ] 54 / 93

Scott Thompson catches more pickerel [ Jul 15, 1975 ] 55 / 93

Third portage camp - pickerel [ Jul 15, 1975 ] 56 / 93

Ralph, Lonnie and Mark head for Middle Rapid [ Jul 15, 1975 ] 57 / 93

Middle Rapid, second portage, from Wood Lake to Muskike Lake [ Jul 15, 1975 ] 58 / 93

First Rapid at Muskike Lake [ Jul 15, 1975 ] 59 / 93

Muskike Lake, we can hear Medicine Rapids [ Jul 15, 1975 ] 60 / 93

Medicine Rapids, Ralph and Milow run the rapids [ Jul 15, 1975 ] 61 / 93

Dave and Mark run Medicine Rapids [ Jul 15, 1975 ] 62 / 93

Medicine Rapids, Ralph and Milow run the narrow chute [ Jul 15, 1975 ] 63 / 93

Medicine Rapids, Ralph and Milow run the narrow chute [ Jul 15, 1975 ] 64 / 93

Medicine Rapids, water very shallow [ Jul 15, 1975 ] 65 / 93

Rick Wagg and his brownie mix on Pelican Lake [ Jul 15, 1975 ] 66 / 93

Pelican Lake, swimming at our campsite [ Jul 15, 1975 ] 67 / 93

Pelican Lake, Lonnie and Steve pair up [ Jul 15, 1975 ] 68 / 93

Pelican Lake, Tim and Lonnie attack Ralph [ Jul 15, 1975 ] 69 / 93

Pelican Lake, Mark and Lonnie miss each other [ Jul 15, 1975 ] 70 / 93

Pelican Lake, Lonnie and Tim attack Ralph and Mark [ Jul 15, 1975 ] 71 / 93

Pelican Lake, Scott runs over Mark [ Jul 15, 1975 ] 72 / 93

Pelican Lake, Tim towed in by Scott [ Jul 15, 1975 ] 73 / 93

Pelican Lake, Tim towed in by Scott [ Jul 15, 1975 ] 74 / 93

Pelican Lake, Mark shows us his underwater paddling [ Jul 15, 1975 ] 75 / 93

Pelican Lake, the spectators and wet Mark [ Jul 15, 1975 ] 76 / 93

Pelican Lake, Lonnie rests between rounds [ Jul 15, 1975 ] 77 / 93

Pelican Lake, a beautiful night [ Jul 15, 1975 ] 78 / 93

Pelican Lake, what a show, what a night [ Jul 15, 1975 ] 79 / 93

Pelican Lake, our palm tree campsite [ Jul 15, 1975 ] 80 / 93

Pelican Lake, the whole gang is involved [ Jul 15, 1975 ] 81 / 93

Pelican Lake, all six are afloat [ Jul 15, 1975 ] 82 / 93

Pelican Lake, and on into the night [ Jul 15, 1975 ] 83 / 93

Hans and Steve [ Jul 19, 1975 ] 84 / 93

Jan Lake, we unload our gear [ Jul 19, 1975 ] 85 / 93

Jan Lake, our whole motley crew [ Jul 19, 1975 ] 86 / 93

Jan Lake YMCA campsite [ Jul 19, 1975 ] 87 / 93

Jan Lake, YMCA cabin [ Jul 19, 1975 ] 88 / 93

Jan Lake, end of a successful trip [ Jul 19, 1975 ] 89 / 93

Jan Lake, our YMCA cabin site [ Jul 19, 1975 ] 90 / 93

Jan Lake, YMCA cabin, end of trip [ Jul 19, 1975 ] 91 / 93

Saskatchewan River, Grondlid Ferry [ Jul 19, 1975 ] 92 / 93

Grondlid Ferry, Ralph, Steve, Doug and Rick [ Jul 19, 1975 ] 93 / 93