SERIES
Interview with Forrest Baker
Identifier
NA 831 (local)
Date
1974 (Date created)
Summary
Forrest Baker interviewed by David Taylor, March 26, 1974, at Baker’s camp on Green Lake in Dedham, Maine. (ISO 100). 1 page index, 5 page partial transcript. Baker discusses eel fishing on the Penobscot River near South Orrington; describes eel pots (traps), building eel pots, materials; Leon Hurd and Chet Stevens, who also fished eels, and fishermen Walter Whitney and Ed Bridges; salmon weir fishing; Sammy Stubbs, warden and gill net fisherman. Penobscot River Commercial Fisheries Project. Tape 1 hour: T748
Language
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Other Subject Headings
eel fishing on the Penobscot River (Local)
