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Strange New Country: The Fraser River Salmon Strikes of 1900 and the Birth of Modern British Columbia

Strange New Country: The Fraser River Salmon Strikes of 1900 and the Birth of Modern British Columbia

Meggs, Geoff

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ISBN10: 1550178296
ISBN13: 9781550178296
Publisher: Harbour Pub
Published: Aug 18 2018
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

Salmon gillnetting in the turbulent waters of the Fraser River at the turn of the last century was dangerous, back-breaking work. Skiffs were equipped with a single sail, but most maneuvering had to be accomplished by oars, an almost impossible task against any current or tide. Once towed to the grounds by a cannery tug, the fishermen were on their own for at least twelve hours, casting their 400-metre long nets out and pulling them back by hand. Their only shelter was a partial tent over the bow. Many came to grief on dark, windy nights as they blew out of the main channel to the mudflats of the estuary, or worse, the open waters of the Strait of Georgia.

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