I remember going out in a 14ft boat similar to theirs on Lake of the Woods in Minnesota by the Canadian border.
We were in the bay where it was calm where Rainey River starts from. You could see the white caps on the lake outside the bay.... No way way would I dare go out. I also saw a large boat go by us heading into the lake.
The lifeboat hanging off the back end looked like our boat!
https://www.google.com/maps/@48.8452297,-94.6683474,12.71z?hl=en
That was a large lake bigger then all of Minnesota’s lakes combined but it is a small small drop compared to the ocean. What were these guys drinking?
Isn’t it the Rainy River, running between International Falls and Fort Frances? I played hockey in Fort Frances.