- Northwest Territories Archives
- A Fishing Tale
Where
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- Held by
- Northwest Territories Archives via NWT Archives
- Creator
- Yellowknife Films
- Dates
- 1983 (indexed as 1983)
- Level
- other (source: accession)
- Extent
- 1 film reel (27:22 min.) : triacetate, col., sd. ; 16 mm
- Scope & content
- The film is entitled "A Fishing Tale," and was produced in 1983 by Yellowknife Films. The film is in colour and is 27 minutes in length; it depicts the commercial fishing culture on Great Slave Lake and documents fishing operations in both the winter and summer months and shows how the difficult environment affects the lives of those employed in the fishing industry. Chipping ice holes, setting fish nets with a jigger in winter is demonstrated by Wilfred Smith. Bombadiers, West Channel in Hay River, winter fishing, the Wool Bay outpost station operated by Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation, Wilfred Smith's private fish business, and Clifford Smith's summer boat operations are featured. Narrated by Bob Backhouse. Featuring Gester Gudmundson, Alex Morin, Wilfred Smith, Dominique Montgrand, Clifford Bird, Edwin Morin. Funded by CBC North, The Metis Association of the Northwest Territories, the Canada Council and Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
- Places
- Great Slave Lake
- Location
No place found in this description yet.
- Subjects
- Fishing
- Genre / form
- Moving images
- Access & use
- No access restrictions.
- Harvested
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