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Mitchelle Tanner That's Who!
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When our staff first heard the haunting rendition of "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" while producing our special weather podcast this week, they asked who is that singer - WOW?
San Francisco's Mitchelle Tanner sang her first notes before she learned to speak, picked up her first guitar at age 8, wrote her first song at 12 and played her original material in public for the first time at age 17.
She released her CD, The Dark Horse Sessions, in 2005. A bonus cut on the CD is the highly recognizable "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" lending her own haunting voice to this Gordon Lightfoot classic ballad.
If you like the music of Melissa Etheridge, Stevie Nicks or Mary Chapin Carpenter, you'll love hearing more songs from "The Dark Horse Sessions" collection - free - by clicking here.
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GULP vs Live Report is Ready
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My report is ready. You may have a printable graphic report, showing which bait was the most productive based on the actual in the field experience of Wilderness North guests from our 2008 season. Or you may listen to my podcast interview, in which I explain how live bait was the winner - by a little, and how artificial bait may actually offer more benefits in the future. Or you may do both. Click here to go our download page at the website and look for the PDF file marked Gulp vs Live, or click here to listen to the report.
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What to get for everyone on your list this holiday!
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We have the perfect gift idea...the Wilderness North CD! The relaxing piano, guitar and string music that captures the tranquility of the Canadian wilderness is sure to please and it would make a great gift for someone, maybe everyone on your list! The CD is available now for just $15 USD delivered to your door.
To hear selections from the CD, learn more about "Music From the Wilderness" and to meet the composer through the magic of a podcast, click here.
Call 1-888-465-3474 and order your CD gifts today.
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Audubon Story, Gulp vs Live Report, Fish Under the Ice, and Remembering the Edmund Fitzgerald
...by Alan Cheeseman
It is snowing as I write this column. Enough to cover the ground. Enough for our first official "broom and shovel" event. We are even seeing frozen patches on Lake Superior inside the breakwater here at our Thunder Bay offices. So I guess this is it - drum roll please - Winter in Canada 2008-2009.
Here's some good news for your wallet: Just ask those who have all ready taken advantage of two ways to save on their 2009 trip by booking now. First, we offer 10% savings on all trips paid in full by cheque by December 10th (7% when paid with a credit card.) PLUS - the exchange rate with a considerably strong U.S. dollar can deliver as much as 19% more savings. This graph shows the power of the U.S. dollar.
If you need more information about booking your 2009 trip now, and saving up to 30%, please contact Tyler Lancaster at 1-888-465-3474.
In this report we catch up with outdoor writer Eddie Nickens. He has now filed his feature story with the Audubon Magazine from his canoe adventure with birder Jeff Wells from last July.
Our podcast production team combines the 1975 ballad of "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" with the words of meteorologist Graham Saunders' account of the storm that claimed the big ship 33 years ago.
The scores are in on the Gulp vs Live "fish off" and you'll read the findings below.
Wildlife Conservation Society of Canada's Jenni McDermid answers the question "What happens to the fish under the ice?" in this newsletter as well.
Krista and I also know that next Thursday you and your families will celebrate Thanksgiving 2008. We want you to know how thankful we are for your business and for your friendship.
Eat those turkeys. Watch those football games, and continue to dream about the Canadian wilderness.
Alan
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The Good Ship and Crew, was a Bone to be Chewed - 
- - when the gales of November came early.
...by Graham Saunders
These poetic words are a small part of a ballad written by Canadian Gordon Lightfoot, following the loss of a giant ore carrying boat on the Great Lakes in 1975.
The ship - Edmund Fitzgerald - went into service in 1958. It was named after a Milwaukee banker, and owned by the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company at the time of the tragic loss.
In my podcast today, I will share with you the rarely discussed weather information of how a storm, with the power of an ocean hurricane, could develop and drive a 1000 foot boat 1300 plus feet below the icy waters of Lake Superior.
While Lightfoot's own rendition of the song topped the charts in both the U.S. and Canada for 13 weeks - over thirty years ago, it is Mitchelle Tanner's (see sidebar to the left) more recent recording we have chosen for this special informational and musical tribute. Click here to listen now.
BTW - if you want to hear Gordon Lightfoot's own recording and see a slide show, you may click here.
If you are interested in still more facts about both the ship and the song's lyrics - click here.
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Here Comes the Ice -
- now what do the fish do?
Dr. Jenni McDermid, research associate with the Wild Life Conservation Society of Canada can answer that question.
And she does on the podcast that asks the "risk" questions about aquatic life and ice over.
Jenni says that it is NOT the ice alone that may threaten fresh water fish. Ice free of snow, the presence of green growing things, and some, but not too much, decomposing matter all help fish survive these long Canadian winters.
While, shallow lakes or ponds often freeze to the bottom creating "dead" bodies of water, Jenni says most lakes in Ontario are deep enough to have unfrozen water in which fish live out the winter. She also talks about the reduction in activity for fish while lakes are covered in ice, thus reducing their need for food.
You can hear her report by clicking here.
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Audubon Boreal Story Update
Eddie Nickens, outdoor writer and associate editor for  Field and Stream and the Audubon magazine has filed his story on the boreal forests of Ontario.
In the January/February issue of the Audubon magazine, Eddie will recap his investigative project from July 2008.
In addition to talking to local tourism business leaders, lumber company executives, First Nation leaders, and MNR staff, he joined Jeff Wells on a four day canoe - birding adventure down the Albany River.
Dr. Wells is a world famous birder, and the birds of the boreal are a focus of Eddie's article as well.
Wilderness North planes and outfitting services were used for the project and Alan was interviewed representing the recreational industry point of view.
In his podcast Eddie, gives us a sneak preview of the Audubon article, scheduled for publication in mid-January 2009. 
He also celebrates the Boreal Preservation Act signed into law by Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty. This act protects 50% of the wilderness, north of the Albany River, from future mining or lumbering.
You can learn more about what Eddie calls this "forward thinking" landmark legislation by clicking here.
Listen to Eddie's interview/podcast by clicking here.
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