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ROUTE: Stirland Lake - Pipestone River - Wunnummin Lake - Wunnummin Lake settlement - Winisk River - Summer Beaver - Winisk River - Webequie - Webequie Lake - Fishbasket River - Rolandson Lake - Lansdowne House - Attawapiskat Lake - Marten Drinking River - Manitush Lake - Dancing Bear Lake - Rond Lake - Eabamet Lake - Ft. Hope - Albany River - up Opichuan River - Mohamo Lake - French Lake - Ogoki River - Ottertail River - Boatline Bay via road Same route as B '94. |
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Left to right, back row: Mike Ketchel (staffman), Phil Varty, Rutsen Eagle, Lyle Witchley, Marc Lechner, Jimmy Carr, Jon Connors, Dana Shonk (guide). Front row: Inigo Mendizabal, Richard Eide, Peter Nestor, Bear Witherspoon.
LINER NOTES: Inigo
and the Pox He was a great camper who had flown
over from Spain for the summer. About
a week and a half into the trip Inigo developed a rash all over his back. The
best that I could figure it was some type of contact dermatitis or allergy. I
started giving him antihistamines to treat a possible allergic reaction. At this
point, we were on the Winisk about two days from Webequie. When we got to
Webequie we had the nurses give Inigo a once over. They determined that Inigo
had contracted chicken pox, most likely on the flight from Spain (chicken pox
has a two week incubation time). They told me that he would need at least a week
of rest. Boy,
what a problem. Luckily,
John and I had developed a relationship with Father Gilles at Lansdowne House.
We were headed for Lansdowne house via an exploratory route through Fishbasket
Lake. We decided to fly Inigo to Lansdowne House where Father Gilles agreed to
board him in the church dorm. Poor Inigo, who barely spoke English, was quite
concerned about having to spend over a week by himself in an Indian settlement
that he had never seen. Luckily Father Gilles is an incredibly gentle and caring
person. He housed and fed Inigo for eight days. He even set Inigo up with
oatmeal baths twice daily to help drain the pox. Inigo
loved his stay in Lansdowne House. Inigo and Father Gilles still correspond to
this day! We had trouble convincing him that he was well enough to go back on
trip, but I was really looking forward to having a bowman again after a week of
paddling upstream solo!
Mike Ketchel, 7/12/00 CONTRIBUTORS: Mike Ketchel
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