Jim and Sue Waddington with their granddaughter Emma on a trip to Ontario's Killarney Provincial Park in 2006. Emma narrates a new documentary on her grandparents' search for Group of Seven landscapes.
Jim and Sue Waddington, now in their 80s, have whitewater canoed, portaged and trekked around the country to track down the places that inspired the famous artists. A new documentary, narrated by their granddaughter, explores some of those trips.Jim and Sue Waddington with their granddaughter Emma on a trip to Ontario's Killarney Provincial Park in 2006. Emma narrates a new documentary on her grandparents' search for Group of Seven landscapes.
Jim and Sue Waddington took their first whitewater canoe trip in their 70s, in order to reach the real-life location of a painting by J.E.H. MacDonald. The couple has spent decades following clues all over Canada to find the vistas that inspired iconic works from the Group of Seven. "And we looked at the map of Killarney Park where we had been canoeing a couple of years and saw Nellie Lake and decided maybe we better go and see if it was there," she said."We were quite surprised that we could actually find it and that it actually looked almost identical," Sue said.
After decades of trips, Jim says they've been lucky to have experienced so much rare beauty they wouldn't have without their unusual hobby. "It was really exciting for us," Jim said. "He could take us exactly to the places that they sat. We could see exactly the same rocks in the river."Artist and art historian Michael Burtch says the Waddingtons will likely be able to continue their hobby for as long as they're physically able.Burtch was part of a similar documentary to the Waddingtons',, that also followed pilgrimages to the spots the Group of Seven painted.
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