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July/August 2007 issue	IN THIS ISSUE: Table of Contents Feature: Tintina Trench Feature: Travels with Charlotte Feature: Savannah plains Feature: John Acorn The Inside Story Editor's Notebook Reverberations Explorer À la carte Mosaic

PHOTO: SUSAN FISHER

Long before Catholic missionaries arrived here in 1843, Cree gathered at Lac Ste. Anne each summer to hunt buffalo and called these sacred waters Manito Sakahigan, meaning "Spirit Lake." Today, the lake, 72 kilometres northwest of Edmonton, is the site of an annual pilgrimage of more than 40,000 people who, for one week in July, transform a stretch of shoreline into a lively community crowded with tipis, campers and tents that offers everything from spiritual healing to bannock burgers.

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