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P6521

ID Number: P6521
Item Name: image
Title: Four Men Preparing a Fishing Net / Quatre hommes en train de préparer un filet de pêche
Title (Fre): Quatre hommes en train de préparer un filet de pêche
Date: ca 1940 - 1955
Description: Four unidentified men prepare nets for fishing within a small fishing shack; the men sit on crates and an iron wood stove sits in the corner of the room
History: Fishing in the 1940s was one of Essex County's minor industries. Long before the season begins the nets must be repaired, leaded and tarred, boats are overhauled and machinery made ready. Large-scale fishing operations were practiced in Lake Erie waters. Pickerel, whitefish and perch were the principal varieties taken and Detroit and the eastern United States were the chief markets. The fisheries of Lake St. Clair and of the Detroit and Thames Rivers were of lesser importance.
Place made: Canada - Ontario - Essex County
Collection Name: Museum Windsor

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Fishermen / Pêcheurs

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