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Check for delays
Last week we had an unprecedented amount of rain in the area. Thunder Bay was hit extremely hard with widespread flooding and road washouts. Some highways near Thunder Bay are currently closed due to washouts and hotels are booked to capacity. For our guests planning to arrive in Ignace over the next week or so I suggest you check highway ...read more.
Spring start up
Every year, spring start up brings a few surprises. At Seseganaga Lake we figure a bird of some considerable mass or speed, tried to get into on of the cabins.
Just one more job to add to the list.
The window was double pane, so the window was removed, the broken part taken out, reversed and ...read more.
3 Amigos
Some old time guests remember Rich, who started on our dock and progressed to Beaver and Otter pilot with us in the 90’s. Rich moved on from Ignace and is now the owner and operator of Slate Falls Airways in Sioux Lookout. The picture above is of Randy, Rich and Brad in 1995 and again last week when ...read more.
Opening week
The first week of our 2012 season is behind us. It was a tough week of weather with rain, wind, cold and hot. Virtually one of the worst opening weeks of weather we’ve seen – the only saving virtue was no snow. Fishing was hit and miss. Walleye were plentiful on our north lakes but depth of the fish varied ...read more.
Tags: fishing
Two days to opener!
As opening weekend creeps closer, we have things ready and have our minds set around another season. Besides being a premier fishing and hunting destination, we also specialize in aerial sightseeing in vintage Canadian Aircraft. Within a few minutes’ flight we have the historic White Otter Castle. Also the wilderness many don’t have access to is just a take off ...read more.
…a little of this and a little of that…
The gas does not get itself to the camps. Neither do cabins repair themselves. The work behind the scenes is substantial. Marc is in his second season flying our Beaver and has some of the other finer points of the job down too. Tomorrow our first guests arrive and we will be ready!
...read more.It won’t bite!
Cleaning cabins in the spring is one of those jobs that we don’t raise our hands to and say “pick me!” We find that over the winter things seem to change in the cabins. Sometimes critters move in and have to be evicted. This spring has not been as bad as last year… so far. http://greatfishing.blogspot.ca/2011/05/gremlins-have-been-busy.html Only two ...read more.
Tags: the work