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Showing posts with label Footprint River. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Footprint River. Show all posts

Saturday, September 08, 2012

Footprint River 1973

You know you're getting close to Leaf Rapids when you cross the by-no-means-famous yellow bridge over Footprint River. We moved from Thompson to Leaf Rapids in 1973, but there was no road yet; we had to fly in. Since this shot was also taken in 1973, it's possible the Footprint River bridge wasn't even constructed yet; perhaps we reached this spot by canoe.

That's Dad on the left, then me, and then Mom's parents. I was too young to remember their visits up north, but Mom tells me that they both enjoyed northern Manitoba very much. So did I!

Oddly enough I do remember Grandma's camera, which  you can see in her left hand. That particular model - I'm pretty sure it was a Kodak - used a disposable flash, which you plugged into the top of the camera. I think it was good for four flashes; you'd have to rotate the flash after each use. Photographers these days are pretty spoiled, but I wouldn't go back for anything.