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At the wheel of he Merri Gale, Jack Vary, right, puts out into Lake Erie from Port Stanley, Ontario, to take up the nets for perch and smelt. With him(...)
At the wheel of he Merri Gale, Jack Vary, right, puts out into Lake Erie from Port Stanley, Ontario, to take up the nets for perch and smelt. With him(...)

At the wheel of he Merri Gale, Jack Vary, right, puts out into Lake Erie from Port Stanley, Ontario, to take up the nets for perch and smelt. With him(...)

Date5/25/1978
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Original Toronto Star caption: At the wheel of he Merri Gale; Jack Vary; right; puts out into Lake Erie from Port Stanley; Ontario; to take up the nets for perch and smelt. With him is his son George; the fourth generation of the Vary family to earn his living as a fisherman on the lakes of Ontario.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0007082F
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