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.

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.

The Potentilla, or cinquefoil plant are those shrub like plants with the distinctive yellow flowers that are common throughout the Great Bear Lake area and can, when combined with some sprigs from a Black Spruce tree – another Great Bear staple – produce a very distinctive, and pleasant tasting cup of tea.

Until June of 2013, when he took on the job of “Dock Boy” at Plummer’s Great Bear Lake Lodge, Mathew Mesec could be best described as an urban kid, whose idea of adventure was a trip to the family cottage a couple of hours north of Toronto.

In this article Mathew shares his thoughts, feelings and impressions of what he describes as a life changing experience in Canada’s Arctic.

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...

I first met Hartley Marsh during my initial trip to Branson’s Lodge in the late 1970’s.

Featuring both a website: www.srrb.nt.ca - and a Facebook page, the content focuses on sharing information about the wildlife and harvesting of same, throughout the Sahtú Region of Denendeh, in the Northwest Territories.