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In a few days, they’ll push off in their canoe – three women in their 70s – from Norway House, Manitoba, and head north into the great unknown wilderness on the homestretch of their three-year journey from the source of the Red River at Lake Traverse to York Factory on Hudson Bay. Two years ago about this time, these “Ladies from the River” – as they came to be known – paddled through Grand Forks on the first leg of their journey. They paddled as far as the Manitoba border that summer and resumed their journey in June 2023, paddling down the Manitoba portion of the Red River, north up massive Lake Winnipeg and arriving in Norway House on Sunday, July 2.

They left their 18-foot Alumacraft canoe in Norway House, where it will be waiting for them when they arrive Friday, June 21, said Deb White of Rosemount, Minnesota, who messaged earlier this week to say the final leg of the trip is fast approaching. As in previous adventures, White will join Anne Sherve-Ose, a Jamestown, North Dakota, native who now lives in Williams, Iowa; and Deb Knutson of Owatonna, Minnesota. The women, who became friends while attending St.



Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota, will rendezvous in Winnipeg, where they’ll catch a flight to Norway House, White says. From there, if all goes according to plan, they’ll arrive at York Factory on Hudson Bay “on or about July 19th or 18th or something like that,” White said in her message. ADVERTISEMENT Getting there won’t be easy.

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