Opinion: The ‘Magnificent Eight’ head to Canada

We were munching fresh, pan-fried walleye during a shore lunch when someone yelled, “Moose!” A cow and calf were frolicking in the water off an island a quarter-mile southeast of us. Some of the guys jumped into a boat and sped toward the duo for pictures. One of our boats had earlier observed woodland caribou. A boreal paradise surrounded us.

By: Roger Wiltz, The Daily Republic