Antigonish Heritage Museum

Historically our rural economy has been resource based; with fishing being an important element.

John Duncan Brown (1904-1977) on the left is pictured here on the Livingstone’s Cove wharf with his brother-in-law Alexander AKA Sander Gillis (1927-1972) dressing the hake. Brown, a lifelong fisherman from the Georgeville area made his living from the sea. There was a season for lobster—May and June; salmon June 15 - Aug 15; hake/cod summer into fall; mackerel and gaspreaux ran in the summer.

Sander Gillis sought a career in the military and served during the Korean War.

Date: 1942

Reference:  Antigonish Heritage Museum 2008.023.004

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