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Box Trap that has Run Aground

Trap made of wire mesh and wood plank framing. It measures about 6 m by 5 m and is beached in a cove bordered with trees. A man is standing on the left-hand side of the photograph. It’s summertime.

Location: Saint-Vallier (Québec)
Date: August 2006
Photo: Catherine Fortin

This is a good example of a trap with a holding chamber, made of wire mesh. It may have run aground when the tide went out, as it drifted in the St. Lawrence River. Although this box trap now sits in a cove off Saint-Vallier, it was probably originally installed in the Saint-Romuald area.