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Yes, I do believe that cabin was Jim Wood's and yes it's just upstream of Steep Rock Falls. I could find out for sure from Charles Simard but I remember seeing or hearing Jim Wood referenced somewhere.
I find old trapper cabins both interesting and sad. Seeing the way items were left at Jim Wood's cabin makes you think he planned on returning but could not because of health or something else out of his control.
I met Jim while fishing on the Manigotogan in the early nineties. He was a tough old bird, paddled/portaged his homemade green, plywood canoe from his home in Manigotogan, upstream (and down) solo. He allowed me use his cabin, and I would fish downstream of the falls. Good fishing, good memories.
By happenstance, I met Jim's nephew Jason for the first time this past winter while snowmobiling east of English Lake with my grandson. Small world, this.
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Always a good day, east of James Bay.