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Interview with Wallace d’Entremont

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Identifier
NA 3097 (local)
Date
2003 (Date created)
Summary
Wallace d’Entremont, interviewed by James Moreira and David Sanger, Thursday, July 17, 2003 at the home of Mr. Wallace d’Entremont in Lower West Pubnico, Nova Scotia, Canada. Mr. d’Entremont talks about his experiences as a swordfisherman; was not raised in a fishing family; completed school through 8th grade; after leaving school prior to WWII worked for a logging company that shipped wood to Germany; worked for a short time as a carpenter in the Navy shipyard in Halifax until taking up fishing in 1945; sighting whales and porpoises could be a sign swordfish were also in the area; the differences between a swordfish and a shark is observed in the tail; temperature and water conditions best for swordfishing. Transcript: 38 pp
Recording: C2613 1 hour 30 min
Creator and/or Contributor
James Moreira (contributor), Wallace d'Entremont (creator)
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d’Entremont talks about his experiences as a swordfisherman (Local)
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Wallace d'Entremont (creator)