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Curator's note | The commercial exploitation of Saskatchewan's fish resources began in 1885 when the railroad reached the Qu'Appelle Valley. Fish, particularly whitefish, began to be shipped to Eastern Canada and south to the USA. |
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Title | Commercial Fishing |
Date | February 1955 |
Physical extent | 1 photograph : b&w |
Scope and content | Nets being pulled off a tractor-drawn sled and fed into the water during a large-scale commercial fishing operation near Saskatchewan Beach, Last Mountain Lake. |
Repository | Saskatchewan Archives Board |
Fonds/collection | Saskatchewan Archives Board Photo Collection |
Retrieval information | Regina Office Photograph Collection, R-B6459-7 |
Occupation(s) |
Fisheries (commercial) Food industry |
Theme(s) |
Agriculture & Food Industry |
Database ID | 36859 |