Bill Mason: Bill Mason. Director: The Rise and Fall of the Great Lakes. Bill Mason was born in 1929 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He was a director and editor, known for The Rise and Fall of the Great Lakes (1968), Path of the Paddle: Solo Whitewater (1977) and Path of the Paddle: Doubles Whitewater (1977). He died on 29 October 1988 in Meech Lake, Canada.
