Last week, in Reed River , Sven saw Mac Furlong hurrying down Main Street on his way to sign up for the Big Buck Contest at Doc's On Main . Mac was wearing his Reed River Bank suit clothes so Sven didn’t recognize him right off, walking so serious like. Beginning soon after the Roseau County Fair in July, you might begin noticing a few people wearing at least one parcel of florescent orange as they visit their local hardware stores and sporting goods shops salivating over the latest fall hunting gear -- although temperatures are yet in the eighties. As the weeks roll on toward fall, the few become hordes awash in hunting clothes brand names; everybody wears florescent orange or florescent orange and camouflage. Mac’s suit and tie didn’t quite make the impression of the life-long sportsman he is, but all who know him (and who doesn’t around Reed River?) would recognize the legendary name before the man anyway, even if he wasn’t wearing his classic head-to-toe camo...
And here is the Wannaskan Almanac with Word-Wednesday for October 8, 2025, the seventeenth Wednesday of the year, the third Wednesday of fall, the second Wednesday of October, and the two-hundred eighty-first day of the year, with eighty-four days remaining. Wannaska Phenology Update for October 8, 2025 Wild Cranberries Time to head out to your local Wannaska cranberry bog to enjoy the season. There are two species of wild cranberry: Large Cranberry ( Vaccinium macrocarpon ) and Small Cranberry ( Vaccinium oxycoccos ). The Anishinaabe word for cranberry is mashkiigimin. Best picked when ripe, and they both large and small varieties have about the same excellent flavor. The different common names simply refer to the relative size of the fruit of each species. Most of the berries you’ll find will likely be quite smaller than those you buy in your local grocery store, but the wild berries have a much deeper flavor. Cranberry fruit grow from a short stem that occasionally emerges fr...