Maritime heritage (1960)

I spent most of my summers with Edie and Wit on Prince Edward Island and, of that time, I think this was the most memorable activity I can recall - riding out to (what to my five-year old imagination was the) sea in Lawrence's boat the Grace F. In this rare gathering it appears that everyone came along for the ride. I believe this was the year that the whole Dawson family (minus those not yet born, of course - there were two more to come at this point) stayed in the cookhouse at the little harbour at Gasperaux (I'll post a photo of it later). In this photo are (L to R) Penny (seated) Edith Bishop (Edie) holding Kim, Patrick (seated), Louise McHerron, Cephina McHerron, Peggy McHerron, and John (seated). Dad, Lawrence and Wit would be in the back running the boat (probably hauling traps for a lobster feed - only if lobster was in season of course). In those days beer was about $2.50 for a case of 24. That made for some pretty good parties I imagine when combined with freshly boiled lobster and homemade bread. Here the boat is just exiting the passage from the harbour at Gasperaux and heading out into the Northumberland Strait - you can see the light that would guide the fishermen home on the right - on the left is one of the sheds where the men kept their equipment when it wasn't being used to earn them a living.