Stories

8 June 2015

The Group of Seven and Great Bear Lake

by Harold

Now be honest, how many of you are familiar with A. Y. Jackson’s “Port Radium” collection?

8 May 2015

Vintage Great Bear Lodge Movie

by Harold

Shot in the early 1960’s on 16mm film, this 27 minute promotional movie came to GBLO courtesy of Lori Volp - Director, Knowledge & Insights Dairy Management Inc. - National Dairy Council; American Dairy Association.

7 May 2015

A Tale of 5 Tents

by Harold

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.

28 April 2015

In the Beginning it Was Just Too Long! - Trophy Lodge, July 16 to 26, 2010

by Harold

This year’s trip started off with a bang as I walked up to the Air Canada check-in counter in Toronto in preparation to boarding my flight to Edmonton.

11 April 2015

The Real Deal - and That Ain't No Bull

by Harold

I have been holding off writing this for some time now - since 1997 to be precise - my rational being; why stir things up when there would be little or no chance to right what I consider to be a very egregious wrong?

3 April 2015

Lake Trout – North America’s Greatest Game Fish - by Ross H. Shickler & Edward M. Eveland

by Harold

Being a lake trout enthusiast myself, when I first came across this book I was looking forward to what promised to be an interesting and informative read.

3 October 2014

Trophy Lodge - July 10 to 20, 2014

by Harold

You Really Can Get There from Here - Eventually

1 March 2015

Fishing the Kogluktualuk

by Harold

After many years of planning, the stars and planets were finally in their proper alignment, and I made my first trip to the legendary Kogluktualuk, or Tree River in Nunavut, to fish for what are arguably the worlds biggest Arctic Char.

18 January 2015

I Just Sprayed a Bear Wearing My Pajamas!

by Harold

How he got into my pajamas, I don't know!

28 October 2014

Bear Tales

by Harold

I’m pretty sure that anyone who has visited Great Bear Lake, either as an angler, guide, canoeist, naturalist, prospector or whatever, has a story to tell, and in this section we are going to be featuring your short stories or anecdotes - and by "short" we mean about 500 words or less.

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