Many years ago I took my 15 year old nephew who had lived in Milwaukee and Detroit to Beaverhouse and then into Jean for a week.  We had portaged into Beaverhouse and were paddling to the ranger station.  My nephew asked if he could have a drink of water.  I said sure and handed him a cup.  He looked at me like what am I suppose to do with the cup.  I said dip it in the lake and take a drink.  He said no thanks.  A few minutes later I took my cup and took a drink of water.  He looked at me with big eyes, thinking I was crazy.   A few minutes later he asked about a drink.  I said the water was safe to drink.  He summoned all his courage and took a drink.  He was amazed that he didn't die.  Later on he said that you would never drink the water in Detroit.

Later on in the days as we were going past some rocks formations, he asked he if what he was seeing was man made.  He was referring to the rocks, beaches and water.  I said everything he saw was made by god.  He said he wasn't sure because everything in Detroit was man made.  It was also great to watch him see his first snapping turtle trying to lay eyes at our campsite and see how the turtle would hiss and snap at a sick.  Plus there is always a thrill to watch a kid catch his first large fish.  Plus, it was just neat to see his amazement at his first introduction to "nature".
Westwood