Canoeman's Holiday

Canoeman's Holiday

NR 1956 · 8 min · ★ 6.3 · Documentary

The owners of the Loon Bay Lodge in St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada usually plan fishing and rafting trips for their guests. In this short they take such a trip themselves down the St. Croix River, which forms the southern end of the international boundary between New Brunswick and the state of Maine.

Directed by Douglas Sinclair

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