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Longtime Rainy Lake islanders prepare to leave their pioneer life
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Seventy-one year old Norbert Goulet steers a boat away from his island home. Goulet and his wife, Etta Jean, 79, have lived the past 40 years on the small island on Rainy Lake. They were forced to sell the island to Voyageurs National Park. Their 25-year lease on the property ends in September. (MPR photo/Tom Robertson)

Seventy-one year old Norbert Goulet steers a boat away from his island home. Goulet and his wife, Etta Jean, 79, have lived the past 40 years on the small island on Rainy Lake. They were forced to sell the island to Voyageurs National Park. Their 25-year lease on the property ends in September.

(MPR photo/Tom Robertson)
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