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Tales of the Dundee Wetlands (Ages 9-11)

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This selection of short films celebrate the ecological riches of Quebec’s Lake Saint-François National Wildlife Area. Films in This Playlist Include To Fall Among the Cattails The Frog and Prince Charming King Arthur and his Magic Decoys The Old Lady Who Heard the Trees Sing The Secret of the White Willow Stumpy and the Deer Flies The Tree from Hell The King of the Wetland

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Tales of the Dundee Wetlands (Ages 9-11)

This selection of short films celebrate the ecological riches of Quebec’s Lake Saint-François National Wildlife Area.

Films in This Playlist Include
To Fall Among the Cattails
The Frog and Prince Charming
King Arthur and his Magic Decoys
The Old Lady Who Heard the Trees Sing
The Secret of the White Willow
Stumpy and the Deer Flies
The Tree from Hell
The King of the Wetland

Playlist

  • To Fall Among the Cattails
    To Fall Among the Cattails
    André Desrochers 2017 8 min
    What was worse for a Dundee ‘rag & bone man’? Being chomped by a snapping turtle or witnessing his beloved homestead falling to ‘rack and ruin.’
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  • The Frog and Prince Charming
    The Frog and Prince Charming
    André Desrochers 2017 9 min
    What compelled young women to seek the embrace of marshland frogs each Summer Solstice? Was it the creatures’ hypnotic love chorus or their search for a ‘Prince Charming’?
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  • King Arthur and His Magic Decoys
    King Arthur and His Magic Decoys
    André Desrochers 2017 9 min
    Dundee’s “King” Arthur – a descendant of the marshlands’ original Scottish settlers – carved duck decoys acclaimed as magical by his hunting guests.
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  • The Old Lady Who Heard the Trees Sing
    The Old Lady Who Heard the Trees Sing
    André Desrochers 2017 8 min
    Among Old Lady Murchisson’s unique gifts was her ability to set limbs, cure warts, or heal wounds. But, most famously, she forecast weather from the wind whistling through her woodland.
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  • The Secret of the White Willow
    The Secret of the White Willow
    André Desrochers 2017 5 min
    Would you believe it if someone told you that the marshlands of Dundee played a crucial role in developing one of our best-known medicines?
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  • Stumpy and the Deer Flies
    Stumpy and the Deer Flies
    André Desrochers 2017 8 min
    How could one-armed ‘Stumpy’ invent what is – arguably – the world’s finest mosquito repellent? Maybe losing that arm helped!
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  • The "Tree From Hell"
    The "Tree From Hell"
    André Desrochers 2017 8 min
    The amorous woodsman, Big Smallman, wished only to braid a traditional Christmas wreath for his fiancé . . . shame this put him in contact with the fatal Swamp Sumac.
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  • The King of the Wetland
    The King of the Wetland
    André Desrochers 2017 8 min
    The American Indian legend which recounts how each animal got its tail is rivalled by a ‘cock ’n’ bull’ story told by a Mister Lapierre of Dundee which tackles the muskrat’s tail.
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