This homemade tool makes blueberry picking a little easier. All the pickers have to do is “comb” the shrubs and the fruit falls into the box. Blueberries are so intimately linked to the Lac-Saint-Jean region that locals are known as Bleuets, the French word for blueberries. Blueberry comb, ca. 1900 Maple, cherry, metal, fibre, 16 x 31 x 18 cm Musée de la civilisation, 70-54
Unknown
c. 1900
Maple, cherry, metal, fibre
16 x 31 x 18 cm
70-54
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Hunters often return to the same hunting ground year after year and develop an in-depth knowledge of the territory, to which they become strongly attached. This photograph preserves the memory of a goose hunt and shows the great pride hunters take in their trophies. Untitled, 20th century Photo : C. S. Maclean Cap Tourmente, Québec MCQ, collection du Séminaire de Québec, fonds Thaïs Lacoste-Frémont, PH2000-14026
C. S. Maclean
20th Century
Photography
PH2000-14026
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An Îles-de-la-Madeleine fisherman made this lobster trap by hand using an artisanal technique. Today’s traps are made of metal, but work in much the same way. Lobster trap, ca. 1990 Edmond P. Bourgeois Wood, cement, fibre, metal, 49 x 62 x 81 cm Musée de la civilisation, 2006-335
Edmond P. Bourgeois
c. 1990
Wood, cement, fiber, metal
49 x 62 x 81 cm
2006-335
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