The film North Of Superior actually starts @ 32:35 and ends @ 51:00.
The film used aerial shots while flying over Lake Superior and Ouimet Canyon.
The aerial shot, along with the large IMAX screen, induced an experience akin to a flying sensation due to eye perception over-ruling the inner ear balance.
I'm from Ontario. My sweetheart and I saw this film in IMAX at Ontario Place in 1971 - the year we were married. It was a breakthrough film, shot in IMAX with breathtaking photography. We had never seen anything like it - what with a full six story high IMAX screen.
See the video below. What I remember most, though, was the song Ojibway Country written and sung by Bill Houston.
As an aside, I will confess that I always thought the song was by Gordon Lightfoot so it's no wonder that I couldn't find a copy all these years. The lyrics and the music are imprinted on my psyche. Listening to it makes me homesick.
Ojibway Country
Ojibway country the land of the tree
Brave wild and rugged, cold and so free
Though I will claim you, I cannot tame you
So sang the trapper, the miner, the mapper
So sang the many who came by this way
Superior country your mystery calls me
Time cannot date you, men cannot own
The cold winter weather will bind us together
Sang the railroader, the logger, the loader
So sang the many who made it their home
What kind of man will come to this country
To bear the discomfort and challenge his brain
For it will take him, shake him, remake him
So sang the schemer, the poet, the dreamer
So sang the many who gave it their name
What kind of dreams provoke us to wander
When is the dreaming too late for us all
No rhyme can reason the time or the season
So sang the trapper, the miner, the mapper
And the railroader, the logger, the loader
So sang the schemer, the poet, the dreamer
So sang the many who answered the call
Copyright Bill Houston (SOCAN)
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