DTB Update July 11

Today is a planned day off. Everyone is getting ready for the last day of paddling into Old Fort William at Thunder Bay. Having made arrangements with the National Monument people at Grand portage, MN, I organized a side trip to that Fort. Only an hour drive from T'Bay, we took 8 canoes and 75 people and made a great day of it. After making a formal arrival ceremony, we were invited ashore for a great Voyageur lunch and a tour of the fort. While inside, we were treated to a viewing of film footage taken when the 1967 Centennial Canoe pageant went through there. As well, old scrap books were brought out and I helped the people identify some of the 1967 people. Back we went to Old Fort William and got ready for our arrival and the end of the trip