The annual social and money-raising celebration of the feast of the Assumption of the Holy Virgin, patron saint of the Acadians. August 13 to 15, 1950

The annual social and money-raising celebration of the feast of the Assumption of the Holy Virgin, patron saint of the Acadians. August 13 to 15, 1950

The annual social and money-raising celebration of the feast of the Assumption of the Holy Virgin, patron saint of the Acadians. August 13 to 15, 1950

Lumber flume in old mill. Near Corberrie; August, 1950

Rebuilding bow on a fishing boat at the Meteghan River shipyard. Meteghan River, August, 1950

Fishing boat used to recover herring scales for artificial pearls. Pumps suck herring from weirs up into white painted tank, right, where the scales are removed by suction, and then the fish are pumped out into a waiting boat that collects the scaled fis

Fishing boat used to recover herring scales for artificial pearls. Pumps suck herring from weirs up into white painted tank, right, where the scales are removed by suction, and then the fish are pumped out into a waiting boat that collects the scaled fis

Fishing boats beached for repairs at Trout Cove in Centreville, fishing-farming community on Digby Neck. August 1950.

Fishing boats beached for repairs at Trout Cove in Centreville, fishing-farming community on Digby Neck. August 1950.

Fishermen putting new rings into a boat's engine. August 1950.

Fishermen putting new rings into a boat's engine. August 1950.

Fishermen putting new rings into a boat's engine. August 1950.

Fishermen repairing their own engine. August 1950.

Fisherman's wife and child watching her husband put in a new set of piston rings in his boat's engine. August 1950.

Looking across Smith's Cove to the Digby Gut. August 1950.