{"id":23808,"date":"2023-04-08T13:32:32","date_gmt":"2023-04-08T17:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=23808"},"modified":"2023-04-08T13:35:10","modified_gmt":"2023-04-08T17:35:10","slug":"episode-793-interview-with-lorne-joyce-commercial-fishing-and-rum-running-port-credit-1920s-original-episode-303","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=23808","title":{"rendered":"EPISODE 793    INTERVIEW WITH LORNE JOYCE \u2014 COMMERCIAL FISHING AND RUM RUNNING \u2014 PORT CREDIT 1920\u2019S  (original episode 303)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>EPISODE 793 &nbsp; &nbsp;INTERVIEW WITH LORNE JOYCE \u2014 COMMERCIAL FISHING AND RUM RUNNING \u2014 PORT CREDIT 1920\u2019S &nbsp;(original episode 303)<\/p>\n<div class=\"\"><br class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\">alan skeoch<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">April 8, 2023<\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><br class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\">This is a reprint of an earlier episode 303 that many readers may not have seen.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><br class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0px 0px 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\">\n<div class=\"entry-meta\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(118, 118, 118); font-size: 0.6875rem; font-weight: 800; letter-spacing: 0.1818em; padding-bottom: 0.25em; text-transform: uppercase;\"><time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2021-04-07T10:58:19-04:00\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">APRIL 7, 2021<\/time><span class=\"byline\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; display: inline;\">&nbsp;BY&nbsp;<span class=\"vcard author\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><a class=\"url n fn\" href=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?author=1\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(118, 118, 118); text-decoration: none; -webkit-box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; transition: color 80ms ease-in 0s, box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s, -webkit-box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s;\">TERRAVIVA<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.625rem; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; clear: both; line-height: 1.4; padding: 0px; font-weight: 300;\">EPISODE 303 LORNE JOYCE \u2014 THE COMMERCIAL FISHERMEN ON LAKE ONARIO \u2013 A TOUGH LIFE<\/h1>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\">\n<div style=\"box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: \"Libre Franklin\", \"Helvetica Neue\", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\" class=\"\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Note: &nbsp;This &nbsp;is a personal description of the commercial &nbsp;fishery on Lake Ontario as seen through the eyes of Lorne Joyce, the<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">son of commercial fisherman Bob Joyce. &nbsp;A few years ago I interviewed &nbsp;Lorne about his &nbsp;father. &nbsp; I made notes then converted<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">the notes to dialogue from. &nbsp;The result is a little choppy because our conversation jumped around. &nbsp;I do think it give some idea about<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">the nature of commercial fishing on Lake Ontario up until 1960 when a \u2018perfect storm\u2019 (many many reasons) happened &nbsp;that ended<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">commercial fishing in Port Credit. &nbsp; Episodes that follow this episode will make the picture clearer. &nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Lorne talked about the rum running years which &nbsp;were so &nbsp;dramatic that they obscured &nbsp;the history of the Port Credit commercial<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">fishery. &nbsp; The rum running years were dangerous times even though today &nbsp;those years are made into sensational and amusing<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">twists of history. &nbsp; Lorne\u2019s &nbsp;family and most families in Port Credit were Temperance people. &nbsp;They did &nbsp;not drink. &nbsp; I believe Lorne;s<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">father may have dabbled in rum running\u2026.beer by what Lorne said\u2026but our conversation skirted &nbsp;around the facts. &nbsp;Lorne was<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">hard to pin down on the prohibition years. &nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Pictures of the Commercial Fishery are more &nbsp;difficult to find than pictures of the rum running adventures. &nbsp; The result distorts<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">this episode.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<blockquote type=\"cite\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 1.125rem; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; quotes: \"\" \"\";\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<blockquote type=\"cite\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; quotes: \"\" \"\";\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; 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font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; quotes: \"\" \"\";\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div dir=\"auto\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div dir=\"auto\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div dir=\"auto\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div dir=\"auto\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">EPISODE 303 &nbsp; LORNE JOYCE \u2014 THE COMMERCIAL FISHERMEN ON LAKE ONTARIO \u2013 A TOUGH LIFE.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" class=\"crop-default lazyloaded\" data-description=\"\" data-src=\"\/\/user-images.strikinglycdn.com\/res\/hrscywv4p\/image\/upload\/c_limit,f_auto,h_3000,q_90,w_1200\/715293\/Pic_-_Lorne_with_Ice_Harvest_Display_mngjcx.jpg\" apple-inline=\"yes\" id=\"B52E487F-95D6-4F00-B831-0FE727C64098\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-style: none; max-width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Pic_-_Lorne_with_Ice_Harvest_Display_mngjcx.jpg\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px;\" class=\"\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" class=\"size-medium alignleft wp-image-6411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heritagemississauga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Lorne-Joyce-20101-300x225.jpg 300w\" https:=\"\" heritagemississauga.com=\"\" wp-content=\"\" uploads=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-style: none; max-width: 100%; display: inline; float: left; margin: 0px 1.5em 0px 0px;\" apple-inline=\"yes\" id=\"E67F63E4-A756-4AFA-A107-CAD1C61B3424\" src=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Lorne-Joyce-20101-300x225-1.jpg\"><a href=\"http:\/\/heritagemississauga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Lorne-Joyce-20101-570\u00d7428.jpg\" class=\"\">heritagemississauga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Lorne-Joyce-20101-570\u00d7428.jpg<\/a> 570w,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/heritagemississauga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Lorne-Joyce-20101-600x450.jpg\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: none; -webkit-box-shadow: rgb(15, 15, 15) 0px -1px 0px inset; box-shadow: rgb(15, 15, 15) 0px -1px 0px inset; transition: color 80ms ease-in 0s, box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s, -webkit-box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s;\" class=\"\">heritagemississauga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Lorne-Joyce-20101-600\u00d7450.jpg<\/a>&nbsp;600w,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/heritagemississauga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Lorne-Joyce-20101.jpg\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: none; -webkit-box-shadow: rgb(15, 15, 15) 0px -1px 0px inset; box-shadow: rgb(15, 15, 15) 0px -1px 0px inset; transition: color 80ms ease-in 0s, box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s, -webkit-box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s;\" class=\"\">heritagemississauga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Lorne-Joyce-20101.jpg<\/a>&nbsp;640w\u201d sizes=\u201d(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\u201d&gt;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">1926 \u2013 2013<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><img decoding=\"async\" apple-inline=\"yes\" id=\"1474E76D-4C78-4047-8A19-B59E4597F70C\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-style: none; max-width: 100%; -webkit-user-select: none; display: block; margin: auto; padding: env(safe-area-inset-top) env(safe-area-inset-right) env(safe-area-inset-bottom) env(safe-area-inset-left);\" src=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/2.NancyASiddall83011gw4018.jpeg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px;\" class=\"\"><br class=\"webkit-block-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<blockquote type=\"cite\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 1.125rem; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; quotes: \"\" \"\";\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<blockquote type=\"cite\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; quotes: \"\" \"\";\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<blockquote type=\"cite\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; quotes: \"\" \"\";\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<blockquote type=\"cite\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; quotes: \"\" \"\";\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<blockquote type=\"cite\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; quotes: \"\" \"\";\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div dir=\"auto\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div dir=\"auto\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div dir=\"auto\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div dir=\"auto\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<blockquote type=\"cite\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; quotes: \"\" \"\";\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<blockquote type=\"cite\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; quotes: \"\" \"\";\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><font size=\"5\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">LORNE JOYCE: OPTOMITRIST, FISHERMAN, HISTORIAN\u2026PERHAPS RUM RUNNER<\/font><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px;\" class=\"\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;\u201cLORNE ALWAYS LAUGHED BEFORE HE SPOKE AND WITH HIS LAUGHTER THERE WAS A TWINKLE IN HIS EYES. &nbsp;HE WAS A GOOD MAN. &nbsp;I SPENT A WONDERFUL<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; SUNDAY AFTERNOON TRYING TO DISCOVER WHAT MAKE HIM TICK\u2026.ONLY TO DISCOVER HE WAS TRYING TO DISCOVER WHAT MADE ME TICK. &nbsp;HE WAS THAT<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; KIND OF MAN. &nbsp;SELF-EFFACING. &nbsp; &nbsp;ABLE TO DIVERT TALK ABOUT HIS LIFE WITH A &nbsp;LAUGH AND A STORY. &nbsp;ONLY TO FIND HE WAS GENTLY DOING THE INTERVIEW. WE ALL MISS HIM.\u201d<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;(Alan Skeoch, 2013)<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px;\" class=\"\"><br class=\"webkit-block-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<blockquote type=\"cite\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 1.125rem; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; quotes: \"\" \"\";\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<blockquote type=\"cite\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; quotes: \"\" \"\";\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<blockquote type=\"cite\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; quotes: \"\" \"\";\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<blockquote type=\"cite\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; quotes: \"\" \"\";\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<blockquote type=\"cite\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; quotes: \"\" \"\";\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div dir=\"auto\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div dir=\"auto\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div dir=\"auto\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div dir=\"auto\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<blockquote type=\"cite\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; quotes: \"\" \"\";\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<blockquote type=\"cite\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; quotes: \"\" \"\";\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><font size=\"5\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Lorne Joyce is a man that is &nbsp;hard &nbsp;to forget. &nbsp;He is gone now but shortly before his death we talked about fishing, rum running and, of &nbsp;course, stonehookers.<\/font><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><font size=\"5\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Let me use his voice\u2026pretend &nbsp;I am Lorne using the notes I made that day\u2026I remember him so well.<\/font><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><font size=\"5\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/font><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px;\" class=\"\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" apple-inline=\"yes\" id=\"986A9127-E78A-4609-AC85-902FE79D535B\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-style: none; max-width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ANDAVEHs2710-12-05mn.jpeg\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Picture of a typical fish boat\u2026i.e. shaped &nbsp;like a jelly bean.<br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/p>\n<blockquote type=\"cite\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 1.125rem; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; quotes: \"\" \"\";\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<blockquote type=\"cite\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; quotes: \"\" \"\";\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<blockquote type=\"cite\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; quotes: \"\" \"\";\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<blockquote type=\"cite\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; quotes: \"\" \"\";\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<blockquote type=\"cite\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; quotes: \"\" \"\";\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div dir=\"auto\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div dir=\"auto\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div dir=\"auto\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div dir=\"auto\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<blockquote type=\"cite\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; quotes: \"\" \"\";\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<blockquote type=\"cite\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; quotes: \"\" \"\";\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><font size=\"5\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/font><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><font size=\"5\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\u201cMy dad and brothers were Port Credit fishermen\u2026commercial kind. &nbsp;No&nbsp;fishing rods\u2026they were used by the sport fishermen and women. &nbsp;We had long nets designed to catch adult fish &nbsp;by their gills. &nbsp;Our fish boats<\/font><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><font size=\"5\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">were ugly things. &nbsp;Fishboats looked like giant jelly beans\u2026long, round on bottom and top, with side opening doors and a low transom so they could see where we<\/font><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><font size=\"5\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">were going. &nbsp;We dropped &nbsp;the nets from the side doors\u2026lead weights on the bottom, bobber floats on the top. &nbsp;Then we would wait. &nbsp;Drop other nets &nbsp;in the mean time.<\/font><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><font size=\"5\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">After a week or so we would return to the &nbsp;first nets and pull them up hopefully with fish trapped by their gills. &nbsp;Those nets were expensive\u2026perhaps $25,000\u2026so a<\/font><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><font size=\"5\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">lost net was &nbsp;a disaster. &nbsp;Buoys were set above the nets so they could &nbsp;be found. &nbsp;How &nbsp;were they found? &nbsp;\u201cWe used a compass and &nbsp;a &nbsp;watch.\u201d &nbsp;Hauled the nets with with&nbsp;<\/font><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><font size=\"5\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">a roller winch. &nbsp;Busy time. Detaching fish, gutting and cleaning them, packing them in ice &nbsp;in summer time and stowing them in the&nbsp;fish boat. &nbsp;Where did we get the ice\u201d<\/font><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><font size=\"5\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">We cut big blocks of ice from the Credit River in January and February, piled the blocks under straw in our ice house which was really just a simple shack. On a good day we could haul in ten tons of fish\u2026whitefish for instance. &nbsp;Big hauls were exhausting\u2026they had to be cleaned fast, iced, packed in fish boxes on Port Credit dock and then<\/font><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><font size=\"5\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">shipped &nbsp;to the big fish markets in Chicago, New &nbsp;York\u2026even San Francisco. &nbsp;Winter time fishing was dangerous. &nbsp;Ice on the &nbsp;lake could trap a fish boat. &nbsp;I remember<\/font><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><font size=\"5\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Dad talking about one fish boat that got both trapped and &nbsp;lost out on the lake ice for several days. &nbsp;When &nbsp;found the three men on board were alive but in bad shape<\/font><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><font size=\"5\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">from the cold.<\/font><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><font size=\"5\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/font><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><font size=\"5\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\u201cIce was dangerous in another way. &nbsp;&nbsp;Winter spray would freeze on the fish boat. &nbsp;Get thicker and thicker until there was real danger the boat would roll&nbsp;<\/font><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><font size=\"5\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">over. &nbsp;We had to crawl &nbsp;out with axes and try to knock big chunks of&nbsp;that&nbsp;heavy&nbsp;ice off&nbsp;\u2026 we could slip off ourselves.&nbsp;<\/font><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><font size=\"5\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/font><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><font size=\"5\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\u201cYes, men did die. &nbsp;In January 1943, the Thomas brothers never returned. &nbsp;They were lost somewhere near Port Dalhousie. &nbsp;We sent the steel hulled Naomi to scour<\/font><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><font size=\"5\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">the lake for them but all that &nbsp;was&nbsp;found as a burned coat. &nbsp;Fire &nbsp;and &nbsp;ice, bad combination. &nbsp;Even &nbsp;the Naomi got into trouble that year. &nbsp;The tug was so heavily iced over<\/font><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><font size=\"5\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">when it lumbered into port&nbsp;that&nbsp;the crew &nbsp;had crawl out through the wheelhouse&nbsp;window. &nbsp;&nbsp;Commercial fishing was a 12 month business full of risks. &nbsp;The price we got<\/font><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><font size=\"5\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">was the biggest risk of all. &nbsp;Fish had to be sold fast. &nbsp;By the 1940\u2019s big catches did &nbsp;not happen often. &nbsp;The fishery was &nbsp;getting fished out\u2026Then &nbsp;in 1960 our fish shacks<\/font><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><font size=\"5\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">were sold from under us. &nbsp;The land on the &nbsp;east bank of the Credit River was put up for sale by he Federal government. &nbsp;We were finished.\u201d<\/font><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><font size=\"5\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/font><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><font size=\"5\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\u201cOur best years were the 1920\u2019s. &nbsp;But our money was not all &nbsp;made by fishing. &nbsp;Some &nbsp;of the fishermen ran a&nbsp;little rum. &nbsp;Dad did but he was &nbsp;not proud of the fact for we are a Temperance family. &nbsp;None &nbsp;of us drink. &nbsp;The lure of fast money&nbsp;trumped moral &nbsp;principles. &nbsp;Prohibition in the United States was a godsend<\/font><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><font size=\"5\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">to a lot of fishermen. &nbsp;The 13th amendment to the American constitution banned alcohol. &nbsp;But it did not ban the thirst for whisky and beer. &nbsp;Some Canadians<\/font><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><font size=\"5\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">undertook to&nbsp;quench &nbsp;that thirst. &nbsp;We had Prohibition in Canada for a while but our distilleries were allowed to continue making the stuff. &nbsp;Weird, right?<\/font><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><font size=\"5\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">This is &nbsp;how it worked shipping liquor from the Main Duck islands. &nbsp;A large boat loaded with crates and &nbsp;sacks &nbsp;of whisky and beer would pick up the&nbsp;stuff &nbsp;from Canadian<\/font><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><font size=\"5\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">distillers like Corby\u2019s, Gooderham and Worts, motor to the Main Duck islands and &nbsp;then transfer the liquor to smaller motor boats that would race<\/font><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><font size=\"5\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">to secret destinations &nbsp;on the US shore\u2026.used &nbsp;low sleek &nbsp;and fast little launches. &nbsp;Easy money. &nbsp;Price of a bottle of whisky sky-rocketed &nbsp;to $40 each. That\u2019s $500 a<\/font><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><span class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: x-large;\">bottle today. &nbsp;Big time criminal activity\u2026got bigger and bigger\u2026more and&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: x-large;\">more dangerous. &nbsp;Roots of organized crime. &nbsp;People got killed. &nbsp;Boats got burned. &nbsp;Politicians, police, normally law &nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><font size=\"5\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">abiding&nbsp;citizens got corrupted. &nbsp;Speak easies&nbsp;proliferated. &nbsp;Gangs got rich. &nbsp;Al Capone emerged along with other big time criminals.&nbsp;<\/font><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><font size=\"5\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/font><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><font size=\"5\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\u201cAmerican coast guard boats were armed with machine guns. &nbsp;I remember dad saying that one<\/font><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><font size=\"5\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">rum runner bent over to grab a lunch sandwich and a US machine gun peppered the windscreen just&nbsp;missing him. &nbsp;For a while rum runners built fast boat<\/font><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><span class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: x-large;\">that could &nbsp;outrun the Coast Guard boats. We laugh about those days now but rum running was no joke. Lake Ontario was dangerous at night.<\/span><font size=\"5\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\u201d<\/font><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><span class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: x-large;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<h1 class=\"post-thumbnail-title visible\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 52px; margin: 0px; clear: both; line-height: 58px; padding: 20px; font-weight: 500; font-family: futura-pt-bold; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); z-index: 10; position: absolute; left: 0px; bottom: 0px; text-transform: uppercase; text-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.75) 1px 1px 2px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.247); transition: opacity 1.25s ease-out 0.5s;\">THE<\/h1>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><img decoding=\"async\" apple-inline=\"yes\" id=\"F9D06873-267C-4658-91B9-D4E964170C83\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-style: none; max-width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rum-running-in-detroit.jpg\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px;\" class=\"\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive\" alt=\"\" apple-inline=\"yes\" id=\"F3879B71-684D-44D5-A436-4213C5F5B29F\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-style: none; max-width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/73d06ebf8b0f75bb13171990694ae69f.jpeg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive\" alt=\"\" apple-inline=\"yes\" id=\"0D094B04-592D-4386-8C10-4359911618A5\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-style: none; max-width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/94c46d3a12dcc8a4ceb6eb59fe06486e.jpeg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><img class=\"wp-image-23760 size-large shareaholic-media-target-hover-state\" alt=\"Chicago crime boss Al Capone, center, in the custody of U.S. marshals, leaves the courtroom of Federal Judge James H. Wilkerson in Chicago. Oct. 24th, 1931. He is facing tax evasion charges. 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class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-style: none; max-width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/a9f6c6668769d30e285f15407c843910.jpeg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px;\" class=\"\"><br class=\"webkit-block-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<blockquote type=\"cite\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 1.125rem; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; quotes: \"\" \"\";\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<blockquote type=\"cite\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; quotes: \"\" \"\";\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; 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class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; quotes: \"\" \"\";\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div dir=\"auto\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div dir=\"auto\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div dir=\"auto\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div dir=\"auto\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<blockquote type=\"cite\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; quotes: \"\" \"\";\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<blockquote type=\"cite\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; quotes: \"\" \"\";\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><font size=\"5\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\u201cJoe &nbsp;Burke was the big rum runner in Port Credit\u2026or so I was told. &nbsp;During the years of &nbsp;Canadian Prohibition, He &nbsp;would &nbsp;buy a&nbsp;lpad of liquor from a Canadian distillery, have it&nbsp;shipped&nbsp;<\/font><span class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: x-large;\">by train to Port Credit, load it on a boat here and assure &nbsp;Canadian customs people that the liquor was being shipped to St. Pierre and Miquelon, French<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><span class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: x-large;\">territory off the coast of Newfoundland. &nbsp;Then peddle the liquor to American criminals. &nbsp; His rum running boats never had enough gas for the long<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><span class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: x-large;\">trip up the St. Lawrene. &nbsp;Only enough to get across the lake and &nbsp;back.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><span class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: x-large;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><font size=\"5\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\u201c &nbsp;Sometimes we &nbsp;failed to sell the beer to the Americans and had to bring it back to Port Credit. &nbsp; That was why we always had &nbsp;about 150 feet of good rope<\/font><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><font size=\"5\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">on board. &nbsp;To avoid Canadian &nbsp;customs people we would tie the &nbsp;sacks beer to the long rope and drop it overboard just outside Port Credit harbour. &nbsp; Then use<\/font><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><font size=\"5\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">a drag a &nbsp;hook to recover the beer when it was safe. &nbsp; I know you are &nbsp;wondering if we drank any ourselves. &nbsp;We &nbsp;did not but others did. &nbsp;Opening a sack<\/font><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><font size=\"5\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">of beer&nbsp;would get the big time bootleggers angry. &nbsp;Dangerous. &nbsp;To get around that the&nbsp;sack would be&nbsp;held over awashtubm and then slammed with a &nbsp;hammer. &nbsp;Bottles<\/font><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><font size=\"5\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">would break and beer would leak into the washtub. &nbsp;Ladle the foamy stuff into tin cups. &nbsp; Explain to big time bootleggers,&nbsp;\u201c Sorry, Accidentally broken! &nbsp;\u201d&nbsp;<\/font><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><font size=\"5\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/font><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><font size=\"5\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\u201cMy Dad &nbsp;died &nbsp;in 1928, &nbsp;Shortly before he died he told mom to sell the boats as fast as possible. &nbsp;Why? &nbsp;Because they are old, made of wood,<\/font><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><font size=\"5\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">and will rot fast. &nbsp;She sold them but got next to nothing for them. &nbsp;The same was happening to the stonehookers about then.<\/font><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><font size=\"5\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Both the fishery and stoehooking were in decline. &nbsp; &nbsp;Stonehooking &nbsp;was killed by the cement factories. &nbsp;Commercial fishing limped along<\/font><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><font size=\"5\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">until the late 1940\u2019s and1950\u2019s&nbsp;<\/font><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" apple-inline=\"yes\" id=\"8D4ACA57-8C96-4A7C-888A-88DE137CC8D7\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-style: none; max-width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_962e5.jpeg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px;\" class=\"\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/p>\n<blockquote type=\"cite\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 1.125rem; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; quotes: \"\" \"\";\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<blockquote type=\"cite\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; quotes: \"\" \"\";\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<blockquote type=\"cite\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; quotes: \"\" \"\";\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<blockquote type=\"cite\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; quotes: \"\" \"\";\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<blockquote type=\"cite\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; quotes: \"\" \"\";\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div dir=\"auto\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div dir=\"auto\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div dir=\"auto\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div dir=\"auto\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<blockquote type=\"cite\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; quotes: \"\" \"\";\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<blockquote type=\"cite\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; quotes: \"\" \"\";\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><font size=\"5\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">What remains?<\/font><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><font size=\"5\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">&nbsp;Some stonehookers houses are still in Port Credit. &nbsp;The&nbsp;Naish house for instance&nbsp;<\/font><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><font size=\"5\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">And the Wilcox Hotel &nbsp;And the blacksmith on Stavebank. &nbsp;Perhaps most surprising is &nbsp;the survival<\/font><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><font size=\"5\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">of one old and decrepit ice &nbsp;house over by Riverside &nbsp;School. &nbsp;<\/font><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><font size=\"5\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/font><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<blockquote type=\"cite\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; quotes: \"\" \"\";\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<blockquote type=\"cite\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; quotes: \"\" \"\";\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<blockquote type=\"cite\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; quotes: \"\" \"\";\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<blockquote type=\"cite\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; quotes: \"\" \"\";\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<blockquote type=\"cite\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; quotes: \"\" \"\";\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<blockquote type=\"cite\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; quotes: \"\" \"\";\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><font class=\"Apple-style-span\" size=\"5\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px;\" class=\"\"><br class=\"webkit-block-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><o:p class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><u class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">FISHING<span class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>to 1950<span class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>Fishboats open and Fishboats covered<o:p class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/o:p><\/u><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">&nbsp;<o:p class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">&nbsp;<o:p class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">They would motor out into Lake Ontario, often heading for the waters around<span class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>Main Duck Island far to the east.<span class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>Eight foot nets were strung together and dropped in the lake \u2026 corks on one side, weights on the other so the nets would hang vertically.<span class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>Buoys were attached to mark the place.<span class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>Lots of nets used\u2026if a winter storm destroyed the nets the fishermen could lose as much as $25,000 and this did happen.<span class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>Five or ten days later they would return to the nets using a compass and a watch.<span class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>Compass and watch\u2026think about that.<span class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>Then they would roller-winch in the nets, detach the fish and begin to clean and pack them on the ice that had been stowed in Port Credit ice house from the previous winter.<span class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>On a good day a fisherman could get ten tons of fish.<span class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>Big hauls like that had to be cleaned and iced fast and then shipped to the big fish markets in Chicago, New York\u2026even San Francisco.<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">&nbsp;<o:p class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Ten tons!<span class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>That was good day.<span class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>There were not a lot of good days.<span class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">&nbsp;<o:p class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Up early in the morning and out into the lake.<span class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>Fog made things difficult but winter ice was the biggest hazard.<span class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>\u201cIce formed on the water and once in a while the b oats would get trapped.<span class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>My Father (Bob Joyce) always managed to get home safely but I remember one time one boat with three men abourd was trapped in the ice for several days and my father and others searched for them, day after day.<span class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>It was scary.<span class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>The boat was finally found and the men were alive but in very bad shape from the cold because while the boat was covered and had a motor and stove which would normally keep them warm, they ran out fuel after the first few days.\u201d*<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">&nbsp;<o:p class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">(*Grandpa Bob (Joyce) spins a few tales to his grandchildren in the year 1993, P.17, book loaned from Sandra Church)<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">&nbsp;<o:p class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Men used axes to knocking off<span class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>chunks of ice from the sides and deck\u2026trying to lighten the boat lest she capsize.<span class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>Those fish boats would never win a beauty contest.<span class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>Looked like an odd shaped wooden piano box afloat\u2026or to use another metaphor\u2026a toad sliding across the ice\u2026a giant bobber.<span class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>But These covered fishing boats were a great improvement over earlier fishing boats \u2026 a covered deck with a side door for hauling in nets was a lot better than an open deck because the fishing fleet was a 12 month operation and protection was a godsend even if the slick lines of the old schooners were jettisoned.<span class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">&nbsp;<o:p class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Some died.<span class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>The Thomas brothers were missing in January 1943 somewhere off Port Dalhousie.<span class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>The steel hulled Naomi scoured the lake for three days and all they found was a man\u2019s burnt coat.<span class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>The Thomas brothers were never found.<span class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>Then men on board the NAOMI were at risk themselves for their tug was so heavily iced over when they lumbered into Port Credit the men had to crawl out the after-wheelhouse window.<span class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>Winter fishing was not some kind of holiday.<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Naming fish boats was not always flattering.<span class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>The Norma Jean was named after Mrs. Bob Joyce .<span class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>She was not amused\u2026being named after a schooner or one of the sleek launches in the harbour was OK.<span class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>But to be named after a fish boat!<span class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>A floating block of wood\u2026a toad in the water.<span class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>Forget it.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">&nbsp;<o:p class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<p><\/font><\/p>\n<div style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px;\" class=\"\"><font class=\"Apple-style-span\" size=\"5\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/font><br class=\"webkit-block-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><img decoding=\"async\" apple-inline=\"yes\" id=\"A88D765A-1A00-415F-BC4F-8A89A1655CF3\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-style: none; max-width: 100%; -webkit-user-select: none; display: block; margin: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/prohibition_10.jpeg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><font size=\"5\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">THIS photographer who took this picture was threatened by the men in the skiff. &nbsp;\u201cYou better not be taking a picture\u201d &nbsp;A rum runners spped launch<\/font><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px;\" class=\"\"><font size=\"5\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">had run aground &nbsp;on the Detroit River and &nbsp;the rum runners rushed to transfer the liquor to shore before being spotted by the Coast Guard sometime in the 1920\u2019s<br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/font><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; alan skeoch<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Port Credit, Ontario<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; based on a speech given in 2013<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Poor Scripts<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px;\" class=\"\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/p>\n<blockquote type=\"cite\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 1.125rem; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; quotes: \"\" \"\";\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<blockquote type=\"cite\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; quotes: \"\" \"\";\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<blockquote type=\"cite\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; quotes: \"\" \"\";\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<blockquote type=\"cite\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; quotes: \"\" \"\";\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<blockquote type=\"cite\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; quotes: \"\" \"\";\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div dir=\"auto\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div dir=\"auto\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div dir=\"auto\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div dir=\"auto\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<blockquote type=\"cite\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; quotes: \"\" \"\";\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<blockquote type=\"cite\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; quotes: \"\" \"\";\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<blockquote type=\"cite\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; quotes: \"\" \"\";\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<blockquote type=\"cite\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; quotes: \"\" \"\";\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><span class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Times;\"><font size=\"5\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">1) &nbsp; Canada adopted Prohibition in 1916. Repealed it in 1921<\/font><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 2\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"column\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px;\"><font class=\"\" size=\"5\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><span class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Times;\">Not to be deterred, Province of Ontario passed its own prohibition. The Ontario Temperance Act (OTA, 1921-1927) outlawed the sale and consumption of any alcoholic beverage in Ontario. OTA did not restrict alcohol manufacture. It did restrict any distiller or brewer from selling their products within the province. Producers moved their sales operations to Province of Quebec.<\/span><span class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Times; vertical-align: 2pt;\">2&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Times;\">This allowed products made in Ontario to be legitimately sold from Quebec, and then legally shipped to foreign customers from Ontario.&nbsp;<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<blockquote type=\"cite\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px; 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-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<blockquote type=\"cite\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; quotes: \"\" \"\";\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<blockquote type=\"cite\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; quotes: \"\" \"\";\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 2\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"column\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px;\"><font class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 36px;\"><span class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Times;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<pre class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: \"Courier 10 Pitch\", Courier, monospace; font-size: 0.9375rem; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); line-height: 1.428571; margin-bottom: 10px; max-width: 100%; overflow: auto; padding: 9.5px; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-top: 0px; word-break: break-all; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-left-radius: 4px; border-top-right-radius: 4px; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px; border-bottom-left-radius: 4px;\"><font face=\"Monaco\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">2)  The document below was excerpted from the AnnulReport of the Department of Fisheries of the Province of Ontario, 1899-1906<\/font><\/pre>\n<pre class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: \"Courier 10 Pitch\", Courier, monospace; font-size: 0.9375rem; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); line-height: 1.428571; margin-bottom: 10px; max-width: 100%; overflow: auto; padding: 9.5px; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-top: 0px; word-break: break-all; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-left-radius: 4px; border-top-right-radius: 4px; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px; border-bottom-left-radius: 4px;\"><div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div><\/pre>\n<pre class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: \"Courier 10 Pitch\", Courier, monospace; font-size: 0.9375rem; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); line-height: 1.428571; margin-bottom: 10px; max-width: 100%; overflow: auto; padding: 9.5px; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-top: 0px; word-break: break-all; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-left-radius: 4px; border-top-right-radius: 4px; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px; border-bottom-left-radius: 4px;\"><font face=\"Monaco\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">District Overseer Pratt reports :     That the season has been a profitable one both to the fishermen and the dealers j   that a smaller number than in former years have been engaged in fishing ; that prices   have ruled higher, and that with the exception of a few particular localities in Georgian   Bay, fish are decidedly on the increase. He is of the opinion that the causes of the   non-increase of fish in some localities are : (1) That in former years, saw dust had been   allowed to enter several streams and thereby became deposited over a considerable area   at river mouths ; (2; that the towing of large rafts of logs is detrimental to both fish,   life and fishing operations ; and (3) a fermentation process takes place when fresh bark   is deposited in the water, which causes the fish to avoid such places.     The fishermen, he says, complain that tugmen are not careful to avoid unnecessary   damage to nets, but frequently tow their rafts over net buoys, often getting foul of th   buoy line, dragging and tearing valuable property. He is of the opinion that the preser   vation line, inside of which net fishing is not allowed, is too far from shore from off   Moose Point north, and that there does not appear to be any good reason for shutting oft   so many acres of water. <\/font><\/pre>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<pre class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: \"Courier 10 Pitch\", Courier, monospace; font-size: 0.9375rem; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); line-height: 1.428571; margin-bottom: 10px; max-width: 100%; overflow: auto; padding: 9.5px; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-top: 0px; word-break: break-all; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-left-radius: 4px; border-top-right-radius: 4px; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px; border-bottom-left-radius: 4px;\"><font face=\"Monaco\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">  Implements of Capture.     The principal implements of capture authorized in Ontario are the pound set, the   gill net, the hocp or fjke net, and the seine. The pound net preserves the fish alive,   and is set at right angles to the shore, from which runs out a leader until water   sufficiently deep in which to set the pound is found, vaiying from 25 to 40 feet, according   to the length of the stakes used. The fish, in passing up and down the shore, encounter-   ing the leader, are turned in their course and work along the leader until they pass into   the heart and thence into the pound, from which the net derives its name. Not more   than three nets in a string are permitted to be set, and an open or disconnected space   must be left between each net. They are placed at various distances apart, care being   exercised to prevent crowding or oveifishing. On the American side, where the water is   very much shallower, as many as 25 or 30 nets are set in a string, and as closely together   as the fishermen may desire. The fisherman with small capital has, therefore, no chance,   pocketed between long strings of these nets, and is forced out of the business, while on   this side all are put upon an equal footing. ^_^ \u2014 \\     The hoop or fyke net, though differently constructed, operates similarly to the pound]   net, the fish being found alive in the bag or purse. It is set in marshy inshore waters,\/   and is licensed to take coarse fish only. \u2014 ^     The gill net bangs like a wall in the water, suspended by buoys and floats, and is   kept taut by sinkers. It may be set in shallow or deep water. The fish are gilled in   attempting to pass through the met he s, and soon die. The occupation of gill net fishing   on the great lakes is attended with many dangers and hardships. The fishermen must   be on the water in all kinds of weather, the best lifts being, it is said, sometimes made   wien the lakes are the roughest.     The seine or sweep net is probably the oldest device for taking fish, and is a most   effective on\u00ab ; To it, however, is attributed the depletion of many waters once teeming   with fish, ai d its use, therefore, has been for seme years discouraged. It varies in length   according to the distance to be swept, one end being attached to the shore. All fish,   irrespective of size, within the circle described in its operation are taken. <\/font><span courier=\"\" new\",=\"\" monospace;=\"\" font-size:=\"\" 13px;\"=\"\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">  <\/span><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<pre class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: \"Courier 10 Pitch\", Courier, monospace; font-size: 0.9375rem; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); line-height: 1.428571; margin-bottom: 10px; max-width: 100%; overflow: auto; padding: 9.5px; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-top: 0px; word-break: break-all; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-left-radius: 4px; border-top-right-radius: 4px; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px; border-bottom-left-radius: 4px;\"><font face=\"Monaco\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">  The Commercial Fisheries.     ' As a national possession they are inestimable, aud as a field for industry and en-   terprise they are inexhaustible.\" They are perhaps unsurpassed in any country on the   giou\u00ab, not only in extent, but for their great economic value. Practically no attention   has as yet been directed to our great north west and northern waters, which teem with the   finer qualities of fish. These fisheries are destined in the near future to afford a liveli-   hood for thousands of our population, and become an important and continuous source of   food supply and revenue. In the older portions of the province, under a judicious   licensing system, a vigorous policy of supervision, and the requirement of a strict com-   pliance with the laws and regulations enacted for the protection of the fisheries, there   may soon be expected to be a large increase in the supply of fish and a perceptible im-   provement in the fishing industry, a matter which concerns not the present generation   only but which ia of vital importance to succeeding generations alsa. Any other course   will result in their complete extinction. ' : Propagation may plant and generous nature   may water, but a reasonable protection must be added to give permanent increase \" The   fishermen for a consideration, are granted the privilege of netting in the public waters, but   this privilege must not be abused, nor the public's interests in the fisheries prejudiced   thereby. The history of commercial fishing in the great lakes of this province, until   within very recent years, has been one of wholesale destruction. Not many years ago   Lake Ontario teemed with whitefish and there are well authenticated instances of as   many as forty, fifty, and even ninety thousand having been taken in one night at Bur-   lington Beach. No thought was then had of saving the immature and unmarketable por-   tion of the catch, aud no thought was had of the morrow, but they were thrown upon the   beach to die, rot and be carted away as manure, and as a result of this improvidence   there are now but few whitefish in that lake ; aud, as in Lake Ontario, so in most of the   large bodies of fresh water where fishing has been engaged in to excess. The urgent   necessity of some decisive action to prevent the continued destruction of the immature   fish led to the introduction into our licenses, and subsequently into the Fisheries Act, of   the clause prohibiting the taking of any trout or whitefish under two pounds in weight \u2014   in other words, the taking of these fish before they have arrived at the age of reproduc-   tion. It was suggested that the object desired could be accomplished by requiring the   mesh of the pot of the pound net to be sufficiently large to permit the escape of all fish   under that size ; and while this might have been a remedy in some place?,, in others \u2014   such, for instance, as in Lake Erie, where a variety of kinds and sizes of fisll inhabits the   lake, and where the bulk of the catch is of herring and a small kind of pic \":erel \u2014 such a   condition would have resulted in the bankrupting of the fishermen, and was therefore   impracticable. Could a size have been stipulated, it would have been admittedly prefer- <\/font><span courier=\"\" new\",=\"\" monospace;=\"\" font-size:=\"\" 13px;\"=\"\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">  <\/span><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<pre class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: \"Courier 10 Pitch\", Courier, monospace; font-size: 0.9375rem; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); line-height: 1.428571; margin-bottom: 10px; max-width: 100%; overflow: auto; padding: 9.5px; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-top: 0px; word-break: break-all; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-left-radius: 4px; border-top-right-radius: 4px; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px; border-bottom-left-radius: 4px;\"><font face=\"Monaco\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">1899 ] GAME AND FISHERIES. 37         able, but it was found that a length which would in some waters meet the case, in others   would represent a fish of a much greater weight ; so that a weight limit was ultimately   decided upon. It will be satisfactory to know that before the adoption of the condition   the views of as many fishermen and purchasers of fish as possible were ascertained by per-   sonal visits to different points in the Province and otherwise, and that no objection was   made to it, but the contrary, many remarking that if the condition were observed it would   do more to replenish and secure the perpetuation of the trout and whitefish than any other   means that could be adopted, not excepting the strict observance of the close season. To   the credit of the fishermen it may be said that the restriction has been uniformly well   observed during the past season. The significance of this condition will be apparent to   every one when he recognizes that a whitefish or trout does not spawn before she has   attained a weight of two pounds, and that the taking of a fish below that weight means   that there has been eliminated from the supply not only a fish that has not contributed   her quota to the perpetuation of her species, but that one has been placed upon the   market of practically no commercial value. The fishermen cannot be so shortsighted as   not to see that in taking the immature fish they are destroying the \"goose that lays the   golden egg.\" <\/font><\/pre>\n<div class=\"\"><font face=\"Monaco\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\"><\/font><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EPISODE 793 &nbsp; &nbsp;INTERVIEW WITH LORNE JOYCE \u2014 COMMERCIAL FISHING AND RUM RUNNING \u2014 PORT CREDIT 1920\u2019S &nbsp;(original episode 303) alan skeoch April 8, 2023 This is a reprint of an earlier episode 303 that many readers may not have seen. APRIL 7, 2021&nbsp;BY&nbsp;TERRAVIVA EPISODE 303 LORNE JOYCE \u2014 THE COMMERCIAL FISHERMEN ON LAKE ONARIO [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23808\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}