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Johnson, Michael oral history interview

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Date created
2014-02-11
Authors/Contributors
Interviewee: Johnson, Michael
Contributor: Hall, Peter V.
Abstract
Michael Johnson is a retired commercial fisherman who has lived in Burnaby and New Westminster his whole life, and had his boat tied up in the Annieville Channel in North Delta. His father was also a fisherman, and Johnson got his introduction to the occupation through his father. At the age of 19, he got his own boat, and called it “The Rocky Way” after the popular song “Rocky Mountain Way” by Joe Walsh. He worked as a commercial fisherman for 25 years, and stopped when the federal government offered him a buyout in the late 1990s. For most of the year, Johnson would fish for salmon in Northern British Columbia (BC) and the average salmon at the time was six pounds.
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Interview with Michael Johnson
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You are free to copy, distribute and transmit this work under the following conditions: You must credit the (Re)Claiming the New Westminster Waterfront research partnership, Simon Fraser University, and the Social Sciences and Humanities Council of Canada.
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No
Language
English

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