The Blackfly Song

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Blackfly by Christopher Hinton, National Film Board of Canada

It won’t be long now before paddlers are humming this popular folk song on the portage trail, around the campfire and just about everywhere else too. 

From the National Film Board of Canada: “This animated film about the pesky blackfly is based on the song of the same title, written and sung by Canadian folk singer Wade Hemsworth, with back-up vocals by the McGarrigle sisters. It recounts Hemsworth’s battles with this quintessential “critter” during a summer of surveying in Northern Ontario.”

Kaydi Pyette
Kaydi Pyette
Kaydi has managed Rapid Media’s publications since 2012. She has a Bachelor in Journalism from Toronto Metropolitan University. If she’s not out on the water she’s poring over a map dreaming up her next paddling adventure.

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