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Hip Boots and Boot-foot Waders

A man dressed in boot-foot waders and a child wearing fishing boots. The man is about to open a wooden box that is used to hold eels captive in a weir. The child is walking towards the man.

Location: Rivière-Ouelle (Québec)
Date: October 13, 2016
Photo: Judith Douville

In this photograph, young Jérémie Beaulieu, dressed in rubber hip boots, walks toward his father Simon. His father has finished emptying the collecting boxes located furthest from shore. As shown by his boot-foot waders, he had to work in waist-deep water.