Oh, hey again, Outside In listeners. Just a reminder, this is the third of a four-part series. The first

came two weeks ago and it's called Masters in Our Own Home.

At this point, episode three, if you haven't heard the other two, this is the perfect opportunity to press pause and go listen to the other two.

We'll be waiting for you. This is from the first day of our first trip to Canada.

And we're outside in Northern Canada in summer.

So bug spray.

Sam, by the way, is immune to mosquitoes.

I want the world to know that.

They bite me, it just doesn't itch.

And nothing happens. Welcome, Northern Canada.

And we're up with the Pessimid, who as we learned in the last episode hosted Hydro Quebec's first

mega project on their land for very little compensation. Just 150,000 bucks.

I can honestly say I've never been anywhere like this. It's a little like New England but

I mean it's much more wild. We're more a while and it could become scary if we hit Iraq.

That's Louis Arshambo, a consultant the Pestimate have hired to help them in their public relations battle against

Hydro Quebec and on this day that meant talking about salmon. In the summers

salmon used to be a major food source for the pessimate.

Prior to the 1950s, they used to catch more than 1,000 salmon

per year from this river, the Betsyamit River.

But today, that number has dropped down to fewer than a hundred.

Louis wanted us to see this for ourselves.

So he and two members of the Pessmet Band Council whisked us into a powerboat and headed upriver.

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