We are now near Fort Frances. We paddled over the last of Lake of the Woods and into the Rainy River at Rainy River Community. From there, we traveled up through Emo to Fort Frances.
The Rainy River is the border between Canada and the USA. An old international agreement allows boaters to use the whole of the river as long as you don't make a landing on the other's shore. We were in and out of the USA according the river bends and wind. We caught up to a small fawn swimming across a small bay and were witness to many border patrol planes and helicopters flying over. The communities on the river realy went out of their way to make us welcome with meals and concerts. We met for the first time Rodney Brown (www.rodneybrown.ca) of Thunder Bay. Rodney specializes in folk songs of the fur trade. Great stuff! The Rainy River is also in flood and is another challenge with very slow going upstream
The 2008 David Thompson Brigade
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