Paddle to the Sea

Paddle to the Sea (1966)

A boy's carved boat travels through the Canadian wilderness until it reaches the ocean.

Date of release
1966-02-01
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (20)
Runtime
28m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Bill Mason

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 0 · Nominations: 1

Paddle to the Sea is a 1966 National Film Board of Canada short live-action film directed, shot and edited by Bill Mason. It is based on the 1941 children's book Paddle-to-the-Sea by American author and illustrator Holling C. Holling, and follows the adventures of a child's hand-carved toy Indian in a canoe as it makes its way from Lake Superior to the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, through Canada's waterways. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film at the 40th Academy Awards.

Production

While the story begins near Lake Nipigon, the launch scene was shot in Gatineau Park. Other shooting locations included a staged forest fire at Meech Lake, with Mason torching spruce trees that he had installed along the shoreline, and the local fire department on standby.

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