First Fish!

Posted by on Friday, September 5, 2008 at 7:25 am

The Adventure Continues.

Our daughter is still visiting from Vancouver with our two grandsons. Zachary (3 1/2) has been wanting to go fishing with Papa. And why not, we live on a lake and are tourist outfitters by profession.

Last evening Mike, Zach and I went out in front of the house for a few minutes.

Zachary ...read more.

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A pro at Work

Posted by on Saturday, August 30, 2008 at 8:05 am

There are not many Otter pilots in the country with the experience of our chief pilot Randy Winters. He has over 30 years flying float planes. Almost 20 of those years with us.

Here is a sped up video ( it actually took 4 minutes) of Randy sailing the Otter to the dock last weekend. When the winds are high ...read more.

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Low and Over

Posted by on Thursday, August 28, 2008 at 7:48 am

These birds have to be one of the most majestic in the sky. Considering they were once endangered, we do see plenty of eagles these days. One of our Metionga Lake guests from last week emailed these photos of an eagle cleaning up some fish offal.

In nature everything is part of a cycle. Any fish remains are quickly returned ...read more.

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A New Chapter

Posted by on Tuesday, August 26, 2008 at 7:25 am

Over the years our guests have become familiar with a smiling face in the aircraft, in the hangar or just around the yard. Marcel, our chief maintenance engineer for the aircraft, camp fixer-upper and pilot has been with our company since he was in high school. After many years with us Marcel is turning the page to a new chapter ...read more.

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A visit from the Fed’s

Posted by on Monday, August 25, 2008 at 8:18 am

Transport Canada is the regulating body which oversees the aviation side of our business. They sometimes drive in to see us, sometimes fly and some times copter in. It is not often we have choppers land on our break wall so when it happens it becomes a news worthy event.

The Transport Canada Helicopter from Thunder Bay approaching ...read more.

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