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Article: Historic York boat trek an exciting ride. (Education).
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- Wind Speaker
- Article date:
- November 1, 2001
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When Ken Albert Jr. thinks about the Quest for the Bay, his mind floods with images: the beaver dams along the Echimamish River; the destroyer, a boulder that punched a huge hole in the York boat he was rowing; the spectacular northern lights laid against a silken black sky.
But it was the sight of his girlfriend and two kids waiting for him as his crew pulled into Norway House that really got to him.
Albert was one of the eight-member crew of a York boat this summer that was taking a journey for a special to be shown by History Television. Everything about the trip, from the clothes they wore to the food they ate to the tools they used, hearkened to the ...