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A dying way of life
by Susan Jones | August 3, 2008 at 05:38 am | 230 views | 2 comments | 7 recommendations
by Susan Jones
Imagine if you were living on a First Nations reserve with 50, 60, 70% unemployment and and faced with this.
Exactly.
A dying way of lifeNew Canada-U.S. treaty and declining salmon stocks could spell the end of Vancouver Island's much-reduced troller fleetJack Knox, Canwest News ServicePublished: Saturday, August 02, 2008UCLUELET - Doug Kimoto's grandfather homesteaded in Clayoquot Sound in the early 1900s, back when the government wanted Japanese immigrants to live where they fished.
Kimoto's dad was a fishermen, too, though he sold his boat just before being uprooted and shipped east during the Second World War.
The family, including six-month-old Doug, moved back to the Island in 1950, after Ottawa finally allowed Japanese-Canadians to return to the coast. Doug's dad bought a brand-new troller, the 42-foot La Perouse, that he heard was being built in Brentwood Bay. It's the boat that Doug, now 58, still runs today.
August 3, 2008 at 05:38 am by Susan Jones, 230 views, 2 comments
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Susan Jones
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Most RecentMost Recommended Comments (2)
at 07:13 on August 3rd, 2008
Susan Jones, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 10:44 on August 3rd, 2008
Susan Jones, I like this story. It's good stuff.