“Do we just wait in line here?” I asked the preteen Cree girl and her friend as they watched our convoy maneuver slowly for the approaching ferry. “You have to do it backwards.” She said with the authority of a dock supervisor. “Thanks!” I exclaimed, relieved to have some understanding […]

In August of 2003, the Fortune Bay Expedition Team (with yours truly as the expedition navigator) crossed the Manitou Straits by kayak to explore the island and to develop their open water skills and protocol.   Being August and the Great Lakes, storms were plentiful including the morning of August […]