Island rituals, changing times
More about islands...later years
Copyright Peter Owens, 2000
Contact: Peter Owens, powens@cape.com
Last revised: 9-20-2000
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Island rituals, changing times |
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| As the sun fades in the West, these could be views hundreds of years ago on the St. Lawrence River. At times the islands seem ancient and primordial, at other times beset by noisy speedboats and jetskiis. | |||||||||||||||||
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| Above left, I show off my perch catch as a child at Duck Island. Next Jason, my son, casts from a Rushton canoe more than forty years later. To his right, Aurel Hart and his Uncle Joe Hart with my father Jack displaying a muskie at KitKat Island, and to the right Jason (in red) and his lifelong, boyhood friend Tom Whittlesey hold up their catch which includes two fine large-mouth bass caught off my island, formely Deschamps' Island. The ritual of catching fish and eating them fresh has spanned four generations in our family | |||||||||||||||||
| At left my daughter Syb takes the outboard for a spin. At right my wife Mary and Syb kayaking and just below right my dog and I hoist sails. Below left, Syb as a child baits a hook and below right, she and Jay hang out on a calm summer day. Many years ago females weren't expected to take on the river so forthrightly, but times have changed. Both Mary and Syb are capable river people. The freighter canoe Syb is driving and the Rushton Canoe I'm sailing are traditional St. Lawrence River craft but jet skiis and large powerboats are taking over, making navigation sometimes hazardous. | |||||||||||||||||
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More about islands...later years Copyright Peter Owens, 2000 Contact: Peter Owens, powens@cape.com Last revised: 9-20-2000 |
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