Bronte Fishermen's Memorial
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Inscriptions
- In memory of the Bronte Commercial Fishermen who ventured onto the Lake in good weather and bad to set and lift their nets to earn a living catching fish: ciscoes, herring, whitefish and lake trout. The main fish caught were cleaned at the dockside shanties, packed in ice and shipped to markets in Toronto, Hamilton and New York City. Twenty-two boats operated from the harbour at the peak of the fishing season. As the fish dwindled so did the boats fishing from Bronte. The last boat left the lake circa 1950s.
- Date of Original
- 23 Sep 2017
- Date Of Event
- 23 Sep 2017
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.40011 Longitude: -79.71632
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- Donor
- Elise C. Cole
- Copyright Statement
- Protected by copyright: Uses other than research or private study require the permission of the rightsholder(s). Responsibility for obtaining permissions and for any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Copyright Date
- 2017
- Contact
- Oakville Public LibraryEmail:oplreference@oakville.ca
Website:
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