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Whiteshell River, Manitoba

 

Located in eastern Manitoba, in Whiteshell Provincial Park, this river was a special place to me as a boy and teenager.  It was here that our father often took us fishing in the late spring and early summer, especially to Lone Island Lake.  When I revisited the Whiteshell River a few months ago, I'd forgotten how pretty the place is.

06 Whiteshell River and Lone Island Lake (3)

06 Whiteshell River and Lone Island Lake (4)

The river connects a series of lakes which become difficult to navigate in the late summer because wild rice grows in abundance.  It's been decades since I saw natives harvest the rice, bending the stems over their canoes and then using a club to knock the rice grains loose onto a tarp.

06 Whiteshell River and Lone Island Lake (8)(ripe stalks of wild rice, Lone Island Lake)

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