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With the extension of the railway line north from The Pas, commercial fishing was able to take place at more and more northern lakes. Locations were selected based on their distance from the railway, so that the fish could be sent on the train south to The Pas to be bought at one of the fish purchasing companies. For more remote lakes, bush planes served as the means to bring supplies in and carry fish out in a timely manner.

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Rudi Streit with fishing nets and floats.
20th Century
The Pas, Manitoba

Credits:
PP93.18.463a

3

Rudi Streit commercial fishing, pictured with a 53 lb lake trout from Clearwater Lake.
1936
The Pas, Manitoba

Credits:
PP93.18.466a

4

Joseph Ulric St. Goddard.
20th Century
Northern Manitoba

Credits:
PP84.152.1

5

Men poundnet fishing for whitefish spawn.
20th Century
Northern Manitoba

Credits:
PP88.10.4

6

Four men in the bow of a boat.
20th Century
Northern Manitoba

Credits:
PP88.10.8

7

Turnbull fishing camp.
20th Century
Reindeer Lake, Manitoba/Saskatchewan

Credits:
PP94.2.739

8

Men ice fishing with dog teams resting in the background.
c. 1940s-1950s
Northern Manitoba

Credits:
PP2000.6.31

9

Men standing on a dock with a large catch.
c. 1912
The Pas, Manitoba

Credits:
PP2002.23.13

10

Lazarus Partridge holding up several fish.
1949
The Pas, Manitoba

Credits:
E. Soost Photo, Winnipeg
PP2007.1.67

11

Armstrong Trading Company, known as Booth Fisheries after 1919, was one of the largest purchasers of fish in North America. Booth Fisheries, along with Keystone Fisheries, both operated out of The Pas as buyers and packers of northern fish by the 1950s. Fish caught and packed in Northern Manitoba would then be shipped by rail or truck to markets in Canadian and American cities.

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Looking North along Edwards Ave. toward the Saskatchewan River.
1914
The Pas, Manitoba

Credits:
PP86.13.4