Parishioners leaving church after Sunday Mass. St. Alphonse. October, 1950

Passing down a single-fluke anchor used to moor boats in a harbour where low tide leaves the boats on the bottom. A two-fluke anchor would leave one fluke exposed, a hazard that often stoves in vessels' bottoms. Cape St. Mary. October, 1950

Salt boxes filled with clams that are stored under the wharf where the tides keep the clams wet and alive for extended periods. Cape St. Mary. October, 1950

Salt boxes filled with clams that are stored under the wharf where the tides keep the clams wet and alive for extended periods. Cape St. Mary. October, 1950

Nicholas Doucette, left, and his fishing partner, winding up cotton hand-line, prior to going fishing. Cape St. Mary. October, 1950

Nicholas Doucette, left, and his fishing partner, winding up cotton hand-line, prior to going fishing. Cape St. Mary. October, 1950

Fisherman hauling in a herring net to gather fresh bait. Cape St. Mary. October, 1950

Fred Comeau,member of Nicholas Doucette's crew, baiting a hand-line with fresh clams to catch codfish. Cape St. Mary. October, 1950

The crew of the Marie-Leonie, Nicholas Doucette, owner, in fedora; Fred Comeau, left and Unknown, right. Cape St. Mary. October, 1950

The crew of the Marie-Leonie, Nicholas Doucette's boat, unloading cod at the L.H. Comeau & Son fish wharf. Fred Comeau, right. Cape St. Mary. October, 1950

A string of fresh herring which will serve as a lure to attract tuna fish. Rod and reel tuna fishing. Cape St. Mary; October, 1950

Nicholas Doucette, fisherman and farmer. Near Mavillette; October, 1950

Nicholas Doucette hauling in a cod fish caught on a hand-line. Cape St. Mary. October, 1950

Nicholas Doucette cutting a cod's throat to bleed the fish so that the meat will be a pale white colour when dried. Cape St. Mary. October, 1950