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Peter Thomas

Lost Land of Moses: The Age of Discovery on New Brunswick's Salmon Rivers

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In the 1830s, fly-fishing for salmon was popular among the English leisure classes, but in New Brunswick, natives and settlers alike caught their dinners more efficiently with nets and spears. However, when British officers from the garrisons ventured into the woods with the local natives, the situation began to change.Moses Perley, a lawyer with many business and political interests and a gift for contagious enthusiasm, popularized the gentlemanly sport of salmon angling in his home waters. Between 1839 and 1841, his articles in the London Sporting Review described canoe trips into the New Brunswick interior with Micmac or Maliseet companion… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-86492-293-9
  • EAN: 9780864922939
  • Produktnummer: 9605162
  • Verlag: Goose Lane Ed
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2001
  • Seitenangabe: 254 S.
  • Masse: H21.0 cm x B15.3 cm x D1.8 cm 336 g
  • Auflage: No
  • Gewicht: 336

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