Buried on the shores of Great Bear Lake are the remains of “Big Moose” Mosiondz, the famed pioneer, tracker, trapper, and muleskinner. Known as one of the toughest frontiersman in all of the Canadian Wilderness, Mosiondz traveled 180 miles by foot during the Blizzard of ’23, after losing 8 toes and 6 fingers to frostbite. He was mauled to death the subsequent summer by a black bear while leading a hunting expedition.