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From Father to Son

A horse-drawn trailer full of fir boughs is stopped next to a row of stakes extending into the water. The shore can be seen in the distance. Two men standing in the water are removing the boughs from the trailer.

Location: Rivière-Ouelle (Québec)
Date: 1966
Photo: Marcel Moussette

Joseph Lizotte taught his son Émile how to close any openings at the base of an eel weir. Émile in turn taught these tricks of the trade to his son Georges-Henri.