17 min
Latest film · 1983
Pukaskwa National Park
Bill Mason explores Pukaskwa National Park on the shores of Lake Superior, tracing its geological past and plant life alongside scenes of hiking, canoeing and camping.
Documentary · 17 min · 11K views
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17 min
Pukaskwa National Park
1983 · Documentary · 11K views
Bill Mason explores Pukaskwa National Park on the shores of Lake Superior, tracing its geological past and plant life alongside scenes of hiking, canoeing and camping.
41 min
Song of the Paddle
1978 · Documentary · 149K views
Outdoorsman Bill Mason and his family set off on a canoe-camping journey through the wilderness, meeting adventure, breathtaking scenery and Indigenous rock carvings along the shores of Lake Superior.
28 min
Path of the Paddle: Doubles Basic
1977 · Documentary · 45K views
Canoeist Bill Mason demonstrates the basic tandem paddling strokes and how to combine them, with an emphasis on teamwork in rapids.
28 min
Path of the Paddle: Solo Basic
1977 · Documentary · 82K views
Canoeist Bill Mason demonstrates the fundamental strokes of solo paddling, using animated lines to show exactly how a lone paddler steers and controls a canoe on Canadian waters.
28 min
Path of the Paddle: Doubles Whitewater
1977 · Documentary · 45K views
Legendary canoeist Bill Mason shows two paddlers how to read rapids, plan a line and steer safely through whitewater using basic strokes.
28 min
Path of the Paddle: Solo Whitewater
1977 · Documentary · 104K views
Canoeing legend Bill Mason shows how to read a rapid, find the deep-water channel and steer a solo canoe through whitewater—and how to survive the swim when things go wrong.
20 min
Wolf Pack
1974 · Documentary · 13K views
Bill Mason follows a wolf pack in caribou country from late winter into spring, observing their hunting, leadership and care for their young.
19 min
Blake
1969 · Documentary · 10K views
Filmmaker Bill Mason turns his camera on his friend Blake James, a 'hobo of the skies' who flies his own small plane in a never-ending quest for freedom, and invites us along for the ride.
17 min
The Rise and Fall of the Great Lakes
1968 · Documentary · 197K views
A lone canoeist drifts through millions of years of geological history, from Ice Age to flood, in a playful account of how the Great Lakes were formed and what humans have done to them.
28 min
Paddle to the Sea
1966 · Adventure · 181K views
An Indigenous boy carves a little man in a canoe and sets it on a frozen stream, launching its long journey through the Great Lakes toward the sea.
28 min
Vogue-à-la-mer
1966 · Adventure · 10K views
A small carved canoe, made by an Indigenous boy in the Nipigon country, sets off on an epic journey through the Great Lakes toward the distant sea.
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