Pictorial Supplement 8

American and Canadian Fishing Schooners

Because Of their lofty spars and great spread of canvas the American and Canadian square-rigger and large coaster have been the subject of more marine photographs than have the fishing schooners. True, the great racing fishermen such as Columbia, Henry Ford, Gertrude L. Thebaud and Bluenose have been photographed in their yacht-like appearance as racing fishermen, but it is difficult to find many pictures of the everyday working rig. Therefore, these photographs represent the unheralded work horses of the fishing industry from the early pinky to the latest development of the modern auxiliary dory fisherman sailing out of ports from Newfoundland to the Gulf of Mexico.

Carrie E. Phillips, 115 tons,. Built 1887 at Essex, Massachusetts,
Courtesy SPNEA.