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The day's biggest was this 850-pound swordfish landed at Louisburg, the centre of Cape Breton's swordfish industry
The day's biggest was this 850-pound swordfish landed at Louisburg, the centre of Cape Breton's swordfish industry

The day's biggest was this 850-pound swordfish landed at Louisburg, the centre of Cape Breton's swordfish industry

Date5/25/1946
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Original Toronto Star caption: The day's biggest was this 850-pound swordfish landed at Louisburg; the centre of Cape Breton's swordfish industry. On the same day 300 smaller ones were brought in.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
      Object NumberTSPA_0007075F
      Michael Lerner, below left, lands a broadbill swordfish off Cape Breton after an exciting struggle
      Michael Lerner, below left, lands a broadbill swordfish off Cape Breton after an exciting struggle
      Lerner, Michael
      7/26/1944
      There are two ways of catching belligerent swordfish in the Cape Breton waters where they are plentiful
      There are two ways of catching belligerent swordfish in the Cape Breton waters where they are plentiful
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      3/29/1947
      If Mrs. Lerner, holding the rod, was excited, it was excusable. She was landing the first swordfish every caught by a woman with rod and line in Canada. It is Cape Breton water, and it's a job boating the big fish.
      If Mrs. Lerner, holding the rod, was excited, it was excusable. She was landing the first swordfish every caught by a woman with rod and line in Canada. It is Cape Breton water, and it's a job boating the big fish.
      Lerner, Helen
      3/31/1941
      A swordfish weighing 500 pounds is at the end of that line and Michael Lerner on the swivel seat has a fight on his hands.
      A swordfish weighing 500 pounds is at the end of that line and Michael Lerner on the swivel seat has a fight on his hands.
      Lerner, Michael
      4/28/1945
      Here's evidence that a swordfish really has a sword
      Here's evidence that a swordfish really has a sword
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      3/1/1947
      Right, in the chequered shirt, one of the most famous of all big game fishermen, Michael Lerner watches the boating of a powerful swordfish he has reeled in off Nova Scotia
      Right, in the chequered shirt, one of the most famous of all big game fishermen, Michael Lerner watches the boating of a powerful swordfish he has reeled in off Nova Scotia
      Lerner, Michael
      3/2/1946
      A plan of Louisbourg on the Island of Cape Breton in North America which was surrendered to the English on the 17 June 1745 after a seige of 49 days, (...)
      A plan of Louisbourg on the Island of Cape Breton in North America which was surrendered to the English on the 17 June 1745 after a seige of 49 days, (...)
      H. Overton
      1745
      An illustration of a town viewed from the sea, with a number of boats in the foreground.
      A view of Louisburg (Louisburg, Nova Scotia)
      Des Barres, Joseph F.W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet), 1722-1824
      1777
      A brief sketch of the Cape Breton Mission, with a notice of the late Mrs
      A brief sketch of the Cape Breton Mission, with a notice of the late Mrs
      Johnstone & Hunter
      1851
      Miscellaneous remarks and observations on Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Cape Breton
      Miscellaneous remarks and observations on Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Cape Breton
      Belknap & Hall
      1794
      The great importance of Cape Breton, demonstrated and exemplified, by extracts from the best writers, French and English, who have treated of that colony
      The great importance of Cape Breton, demonstrated and exemplified, by extracts from the best writers, French and English, who have treated of that colony
      John Brindley
      1746
      Sketch of missionary proceedings at Cape Breton, from August, 1833 to October, 1834
      Sketch of missionary proceedings at Cape Breton, from August, 1833 to October, 1834
      Farquharson, Alexander, 1793-1858
      1835