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  • Cribbons Point Cook House and Cannery 1920's

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    1Charles Boyda
  • View from the top of Cribbons Hill overlooking the cannery, 1920's

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    2Charles Boyd2
  • One of the earliest pictures of the wharf after a large Northeaster caused a lot of damage.

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    3Charles Boyd3
  • Cribbons landmark on the high sandstone cliff in the background with boats powered by make-and-break-engines in the foreground.

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    4Charles Boyd
  • Fishing fleet in the 1920's.

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    5Charles Boyd30002
  • In the 1970's, a number of door draggers fishing out of Cribbons Point

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    6Charles Boyd30003
  • A lobster smack used to collect lobster up and down the shores of Cribbons Point

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    7Lobster Smack
  • A weigh stand

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  • An original weigh slip in 1935. Canners fetched 6 cents and markets fetched 7 cents.

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  • Pursing a fish trap near Cribbons Point

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    11Charles Boyd4
  • Ballantyne's Cove in the 1920's. Boats are powered by single-cylinder engines.

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    12Charles Boyd
  • Cribbons Wharf in 1980. The first fibreglass boat, Bobby Lee, is pictured third from the end.

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    15Charles Boyd0002
  • This picture shows work being done for Angus R Boyd in the fall of 1934. A working man and his team of horses received $2.40 for an 8-hour day and a working man received 80 cents for an 8-hour day.

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  • Cribbons Wharf in the mid-1980's. Fibreglass boats are now common.

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  • The wharf now...

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  • A floating dock.

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  • Blessing of the fishing boats before the lobster season in 2004

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    17CharlesBoyd
  • The day before setting day

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  • Setting day of the lobster season

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Cribbons Point Cook House and Cannery 1920's

View from the top of Cribbons Hill overlooking the cannery, 1920's

One of the earliest pictures of the wharf after a large Northeaster caused a lot of damage.

Cribbons landmark on the high sandstone cliff in the background with boats powered by make-and-break-engines in the foreground.

Fishing fleet in the 1920's.

In the 1970's, a number of door draggers fishing out of Cribbons Point

A lobster smack used to collect lobster up and down the shores of Cribbons Point

A weigh stand

An original weigh slip in 1935. Canners fetched 6 cents and markets fetched 7 cents.

Pursing a fish trap near Cribbons Point

Ballantyne's Cove in the 1920's. Boats are powered by single-cylinder engines.

Cribbons Wharf in 1980. The first fibreglass boat, Bobby Lee, is pictured third from the end.

This picture shows work being done for Angus R Boyd in the fall of 1934. A working man and his team of horses received $2.40 for an 8-hour day and a working man received 80 cents for an 8-hour day.

Cribbons Wharf in the mid-1980's. Fibreglass boats are now common.

The wharf now...

A floating dock.

Blessing of the fishing boats before the lobster season in 2004

The day before setting day

Setting day of the lobster season

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    Rotator photos by Brendan Riley Photography.
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