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Log Lines used to determine the speed of a vessel
1940
Islands Museum, Tiverton, Nova Scotia, Canada

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A sounding device. Instrument, used to measure the depth of the water that the boat was sailing in.
1940
Islands Museum, Tiverton, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Double 'shive block'.
1930
Islands Museum, Tiverton, Nova Scotia, Canada

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A 'marlin'
1950
Islands Museum, Tiverton, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Fish prong, used to spear eels or flounder
1930
Islands Museum, Tiverton, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Porpoise and whale harpoon
1930
Islands Museum, Tiverton, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Although it is hard for us now to imagine ordinary people porpoise hunting as the animals are rare to our area at this time, the early part of the 1900s would see this activity as more common . Mik'Maq from Bear River would come to Flour Cove on Long Island in the early part of the 1900s to hunt porpoise as did some of our local fishermen. Some community members remember the particular smell coming from Mr. Fred Brook's fish shop after he was successful in his porpoise fishing expedition.Porpoise oil was used for any functions that called for oil or grease. Wagon wheels were lubricated with it in addition to tanning hides.
This porpoise or whale harpoon was made by Elmer Van Tassell of Tiverton, the local blacksmith. A long stick would be positioned in the end and a rope tied to the rope knot adjacent to the stick. A string was tied around the end of the point and was used to keep the point together until it entered the target. When the animal was hit by the harpoon, the string would break, and the prong became imbedded in the flesh. The stick which was used to throw the harpoon would fall leaving the rope to become the attachment between the fisherman and the porpoise . As the animal tired and the boat caught up to the target, the porpoise would be killed by the fisherman and dragged to shore. We can only imagine some of the contests between men and fish, especially large fish fighting for their life and men in small sail boats, also looking for survival.

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Not Your usual Catch !

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A tuna caught at Westport in the 1940s
1940
Westport, Nova Scotia, Canada

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A sunfish caught by local fishermen.
1945
Westport, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Basking Shark caught by local fishermen
1945
Westport, Nova Scotia, Canada

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A large turtle caught by local fishermen.
1963
Westport, Nova Scotia, Canada

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A shark being processed at D. B. Keneny Fisheries.
1974
Westport, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Bernard Robbins
2001
Tiverton, Nova Scotia, Canada