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Ian Macintosh: A River Man

By Molly Kett

eventy-two-year-old Ian
SMacintosh grew up in South
Lancaster and has lived most of his
life on Lake Saint Francis, part of the
Saint Lawrence River. He has made
his living from the river and what it
has to offer for the last forty years or
more; everything from commercial

fishing to owning a hotel/motel
marina.
Macintosh loves the outdoors,

including hunting and fishing, and has
been extremely active in conservation
endeavors. He’s been a part of the
South Lancaster Fish and Game Club
since its inception in 1979 and belongs
to the Cooper Marsh Conservators.
He enjoys spending his time being
active within the environment while
working to preserve it and prevent
invasive species from taking over.
“We put out our musky lines and went in the tournament thinking and My mom more I guess to love it and
“I look on nature as a renewable
within a few minutes he hooked hoping that we’d have a good day first my dad taught me to respect it. I’ve

resource and I look on Lake Saint another one, 16 pounds and offered
Francis and the Saint Lawrence as of all and maybe we’d do alright. Well, seen lots of good times but I’ve seen
me to take in, but I hadn’t hooked it lo and behold, we ended up winning tragedies on this lake and river too.”
a farm,” says Macintosh. “It’s a so I declined. In half an hour we had
renewable resource and if we manage 45 pounds of fish in the boat. There’s it, the whole thing. With three walleye Macintosh calls himself a “River

it and cultivate it we’re going to get that weighed 16.5 pounds and Chad Man” and hopes to see the beauty of
still an old picture around of it,” says won the biggest walleye at 7.5 pounds
results, we’re going to get good crops Macintosh. Lake Saint Francis maintained. His

of fish and game, and wildlife will and we won a total I guess of $1370 favourite place to fish is home and he

flourish. But if we don’t pay attention Throughout the eighties, but it was just fond memories.” hopes to keep it that way. “I’m at the

to it and let the invasive species and Macintosh ran the National Walleye All tournaments Macintosh has point now where for me it’s for my
everything else come in and take Championships in his area and here he participated in are live release; son, my daughter, my grandsons…
it over we’re losing a phenomenal saw some of the biggest tournaments meaning the fish are returned to the we’ve enjoyed this lake and river and

resource, a lifestyle, and everything in Canada. He says the tournaments water alive or a penalty is paid. All I’m thankful that I live on it and have
that kind of goes with it.” would pull in around 5,000 people. fundraising for the tournaments he enjoyed it all these years.”

His earliest fishing memory comes “I fished it with my daughter Kendra participated in were turned back into Macintosh says there are so many

from time spent with his dad. The pair for the senior/junior and we came in conservation projects. opportunities to fish in his area and

went out one morning and Macintosh second. Then in 1989 I fi shed it with “Being in and around water, it’s my the advantage should be taken. “It’s
caught a fairly large perch. Soon, my son Chad who was ten years old, life blood. I’m fortunate to live on it something that you can do from the
though, his dad reeled in a 26-pound and I haven’t fi shed a tournament and have for the last 45 years,” says time you can walk till you hit the grave.
musky and they decided to try and like that, a walleye tournament, in 26 Macintosh. “My mom and dad taught It’s something that the whole family
catch some more. years,” says Macintosh. “This year, we me to love and respect the water. can do and it bridges generations.”

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