9:  Halibut Time at Deserters

We used to go to Deserters when it was halibut fishing time in May. My late dad halibut fished with the other people who came from Blunden Harbour. They all used to halibut fish. The man used to buy our halibut. That's where the money came from to buy our food. My late dad halibut fished with all the other men from Blunden Harbour. When he was on a break from halibut fishing my dad would halibut fish for my mom to make dried fish. My mom used to always make dried fish with the halibut. It was really good, how she cut the halibut. Ma'ma's late mom used to do that, too, make dried fish from halibut and my late auntie Dinag̱a used to make dried halibut too. My mom used to have lots of dried fish to sell when we came to Port Hardy for people from Fort Rupert. It was 3 dollars for 3 dried fish (pieces), big dried fish (pieces). It is really expensive today, probably 5 dollars for one big dried fish (piece). There used to really be a lot of us at Deserters at halibut fishing time. When halibut fishing was over in June, we went up North to Margaret Bay at fishing time. My mom used to make dried fish from fish (salmon). That's it. 

Gertrude Walkus (née Henderson)

Ma̱lkwa̱latła̱n's: We Will Remember

9:  Halibut Time at Deserters

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9: Halibut Time at Deserters

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