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Interview with Franklyn d’Entremont

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Identifier
NA 3478 (local)
Date
2003 (Date created)
Summary
Franklyn d’Entremont, interviewed by Jamie Moreira, Friday, November 28, 2003, at the home of Mr. d’Entremont in Lower, Lower West Pubnico, Nova Scotia, Canada. Mr. d’Entremont talks about his experiences growing up in Lower West Pubnico in a fishing family; father was a lobster and sword fisherman; began helping his father hauling lobster traps at 13 years; swordfishing off Georges Bank by 15 years of age; striking swordfish at 19 years of age; played at throwing harpoons as a kid at scattered objects on the ground; was never seasick; learned harpooning from his father; the system of calling horns from the masthead after a swordfish was spotted; the differences in water color and water temperatures. Transcript: 31 pp
Recording: CD1157 1 hour 10 min
Video: V309 (may not be copied)
Creator and/or Contributor
Franklyn d'Entremont (contributor), James Moreira (actor)
Language
Dialects)
Other Subject Headings
Mr. d’Entremont talks about his experiences growing up in Lower West Pubnico in a fishing family (Local)
Materials Designation
sound discs (CD)
manuscripts
Related Entities:
James Moreira (actor)