Grayling Guides and Ausable River Photos
Left to right: George Mason, Charles Brown, Tony Trudeau (sitting); Don Jenson and Marion Burtch (standing)
at George Mason's Lodge on the South Branch of the Ausable river, Aug. 1954
This is a photo of my Grandfather, Marion Burtch taken at George
Mason's lodge on the South Branch of the Ausable river
Above and below: photos of Earl Madsen, long time guide and good friend of
my grandfather, taken at the Rainbow lodge
Jerry Webber cleaning up in front of the Rainbow Lodge
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Jerry Webber, Earl Madsen, and Marion Burtch at the dock
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Marion Burtch at the Rainbow Lodge dock, summer 1958, the fish were not any bigger back then either
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Lacey (Bud) Stephan, Norvel Stephan and Marion Burtch at the Chief Thunderbird Lodge on the main stream of the
Ausable river.Below is another photo showing Norvel Dickerson in the front of his riverboat.
Left to Right Earl Madson , ?, ?, Jay Stephan, Bernie Fowler and Marion Burtch warming up (note the bottle in the
hat) on a wet day of guiding. May 16 1957. The photo was taken by Paul Young
The boat house and riverboats ready to go, in front of the Rainbow Lodge .This photo was taken from the
Island, Summer 1955
Some of the older guys might remember this bridge it went from the Rainbow lodge to the Island, note the
snow, this was a few days before opening day 1950.
Marion Burtch cooking a shore lunch spring 1960
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My Grandfather and Grandmother at the rainbow lodge June 1953
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My uncle Jim Burtch guiding on the Ausable river, June 1953
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