Paul
Published in The People
Please join us in celebrating the life and times of one of Great Bear’s finest – Paul Reynolds.
Published in The People
Please join us in celebrating the life and times of one of Great Bear’s finest – Paul Reynolds.
Published in Historical Facts
Chances are, that if you have taken one of the side trips for Arctic Char offered by many of the lodges that have, and at least in one instance, continue to operate on Great Bear Lake, you would have been flown to the Tree, Coppermine or Kugaryuak Rivers.
Published in Bear Tales
The idea for this particular “Bear Tale” comes courtesy of Dr. Art Ross, and although he originally referred to the story as the “Tale of 2 Tents”, when you do the actual count, there are actually 5 of them in play.
Published in The Fishing
Over the 40 plus years we have been fishing Great Bear Lake, together with a number of friends who have fished with us from time to time, we have literally caught thousands of Lake Trout...
Published in The People
I first met Hartley Marsh during my initial trip to Branson’s Lodge in the late 1970’s.
Published in Trip Journals
While it has always been my intention to write this story one day, recent events have given me cause to fast track it to the top of my "to write" list.
Published in The Fishing
I think it would be fair to say that when taking about the fishing on and around Great Bear Lake, the last thing likely to come up in the conversation are Walleye.
Published in The Fishing
This particular fish story took place during my second visit to Great Bear in 1979.
We fished out of Branson’s Lodge in those days, which was located in Cameron Bay on the McTavish Arm.
The routine on our day of arrival was that after landing at the Port Radium strip, we were ferried over to the lodge by floatplane, enjoyed a sumptuous buffet lunch, received a briefing from owner Ernie Dolinsky, and then fished locally until dinner.