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Nor-West Salmon Barrier

I worked at the DNR Nor-West salmon protection barrier in the summer of 2019.  Part of our job was to count and record salmon passing through the salmon protection barrier and counting trap.  There was a fish…

The things that I am feeling, I must have to turn and face.. 

So what is this since of yearning, for a lost time and place? 

My life lay before me, from now until the end. 

So this…

From 1998 to 2001 I made three day fishing trips with my buddies to the upper reaches of the Miramichi.  As life times has it, my very good friend Marvin died at 35 years old and life took Denis C…

I found this poem I wrote in 2007. It is about my buddy Marvin who passed away at age 35. Marvin was a great guy with a crazy sense of humour whom I had many 3 day fishing trip with…

Many believe a cow moose with a calf is one of the dangerous animals in my neck of the woods.   I got out of the truck to get some close up pictures and walked within 50 meters of her.  She…

I was looking forward to the Pollett River Run this year. George, an experienced canoe man, with two of his friends wanted to hit the Pollett. Bee (my daughter), being 16 years old, I felt that she was old enough…

After a three hour drive we arrived at Jewel’s house (Damien’s father) in Juniper. Damien’s family and friends gathered around the yard. The yard became dotted with old fast cars and big trucks which seem to be a big favorite…

Spending time deep in the woods has its benefits in getting great nature pictures. This one was easy because the fawn was running along the highway near Sussex, N.B. I slowly drove beside him for 500 meters before he got…

In early summer of 2001 a three day canoing/fishing trip was the cure for the ache of a relentless winter and a cold wet spring. The canoes we used for most of our upper Miramichi fishing trips were 21 foot…

Through the later years of the 1990s and up to 2001, Damien, Denis, Marvin, Craig and I traveled by canoe on various occasions on the upper reaches of the Main South West Miramichi. These three and four day trips are…