Searching for Kinosoo, the Monster Lake Trout of Cold Lake

This past weekend, my husband and I spent 3 wonderful days in Cold Lake, Alberta--"Alberta's best kept secret", as everyone there will tell you. And it's true! It wasn't at all what I expected. It was spacious, lush, beautiful, charming, quaint, intriguing and liberating. Then again, why should I expect anything less from a place that spawned such legends as Kinosoo, the monstrous lake trout of Cold Lake?

At lunch time, Marc and I stepped aboard a speedboat captained by our B&B host's neighbor...