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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 26 Sep 1979, p. 12

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Page 12-tttt.tnrtooCttroretitnmttw.6-mber21t,JttN . Waterloo , men finish“ 200 mile canoe trip ,4? Chnnido mu who: I, Travelling over 200 miles _ '"e1' by canoe. through heavy _ _ - green forest amidst bugs. h dampness and cold isn't everyone‘s idea of: _holiday. But for anyck Dione“. his son Vlada and friend Vladov Mracma. it's a per- fect vacation. The three Wa- terloo men set out from here Aug. 17 and reached Moo- senee Aug. 26. They hopped a train there and returned home. that district. " they feared mercury contamination. The entourage travelled in a canoe and I kayak. They had to portage the canoe only once, at a place called Cypress Falls. where the river drops 15 feet over a 200 metre distance. Membérs of the canoe trip" that 1:3? r?5q'rii's"PJr:'efrtrrs" bN C'ii1rfrfia%1t'sT,* m8i%1iWXrai', ' vis, Wfafimilmv _t"Er:t,, ft W gg 'tiii, 'i::j,tr "Everything about the river is big.“ Mr. Dvoracek said. exp aining that the Moose River is generally shallow and wide and is dot- ted with many rapids. 8 (and ideal camping spots in the lower part of the river in the form of my small is- lands. They set up camp on the islands phere wood was plentiful and bugs were not. Atthe end of their jour- ney, the Waterloo travellers visited Moose Factory and Moostmee - two, towns mostly populated by In; Moose Factory eépecial! was "rather primitive," Mr. Dvoracek said, noting . 'local resources are

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