Trivia

While visiting Mom's grave, Dad says, "It's been a warm winter. Kinda made things tough for us." Many northern Canadian communities depend on the winter roads for goods. The cost of living in these areas sky-rocket if the roads cannot be opened due to the warming winter conditions. This is hinted at when - after Jimmy lays down a massive breakfast for him - Dad says, "Ham and eggs! Eggs are ten bucks a dozen!"

If storms ground the migrating birds, snow geese rest-stops can see numbers peak at over 500,000; a sight well worth crossing a icy lake on a raft for.

During a solo location scout, on a day where temperatures dipped to around -20 Celsius, director Mick Paulusma got stuck in a snow ditch in the wilderness, 100 miles from Winnipeg with his baby daughter in the car. But - just as Pete came out of nowhere to find Jimmy at the edge of the ice highway - Mick's car was spotted by a man in a truck. Shamefully we forget his name, but he helped Mick dig the car out; despite the fact that the man had a broken leg. Mick did NOT receive any father-of-the-year awards that year.

Though the lakeside community in the film is fictional; there are over 280 lakes and 20 communities in North America alone bearing the name Clear Lake.