Margaree: Photographs of Cape Breton

by George C. Thomas

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Birkitts Books presents ... Margaree: Photographs of Cape Breton Author:George C. Thomas Publisher:Harbour Lights Press Release Date:1980 Seller Category:Photography Qty Available:1 Condition:Used: Very Good Sku: 260905056 Notes: Signed by author on the copyright page at the back of the book. Minor shelf wear, binding tight, pages clean and unmarked. 54 pages, illustrated with black and white photos. From the introduction: "The Margaree River forms a gentle, winding valley on the north side of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, and flows in to the shallow Gulf of St. Lawrence. This river valley, which is famed for its unspoiled, natural beauty, is populated along its lower thirty miles by families whose ancestors emigrated generations ago from France, Ireland, Scotland, and England.When the long Canadian winter fades, men work the surrounding forests and the fertile valley pastures, and they fish the clear river and the ever-changing sea. With spring’s long anticipated arrival, lumber and pulpwood are cut and hauled to mills, while hers of cattle and flocks of sheep with frisky, new-born lambs graze on seaside slopes and intervales. Men again ten their gaspereaux traps along the river, and fishermen head out for plentiful lobsters as well as cod, hake and mackerel. In summer and fall a steady stream of tourists passes along through this scenic landscape on the Cabot Trail, as persistent salmon anglers migrate to their favored pebbled pools on the Margaree River. But when the ha

• Publisher: Harbour Lights Press
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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