High Boats: A Century of Salmon Remembered

by Pat Wastell Norris

For most of the 20th century, life in British Columbia's remote coastal towns was rough, raw and often dangerous, but it was still the golden age of the West Coast fishery. If you were smart, tough and lucky enough to find a big run, roll with the weather and stay afloat, there was good money to be made on the boats--money enough to raise a family, buy a house, maybe put down a deposit on a bigger boat. There was also steady, if lower-paid, work ashore...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1550172891
• ISBN13: 9781550172898
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Harbour Publishing
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"