The Sea Keisha L. Rose We live by the sea Don't you wish you were me On calm days it is flat Can't you just picture that On windy days it is rough To sail a boat, it is rough. The waves are rolling by They seem to reach the sky. I live by the sea Don't you wish you were me. - Keisha L. Rose is a native Prince Edward Islander, and resides in Lakeville. She is a student at a Maritime Canada university.

Most area fishermen will tell you there is no life like it. Year after year these small businesspersons set out from ports with optimism. They struggle day in and day out to harvest the oceans with care. to supply food food for our plates. Working in the fishery is dangerous business. Below are listed those from the area and from away who have lost their lives at sea - also those from away who were lost in incidents in the area. www.flickr.com More of ekpei.ca's fishery photos

Herring catch ca. 1910 at the Matthew & McLean Wharf in Souris	Souris in the 1920's
Matthew & McLean Lobster Factory in Souris - late 1930's	A member of the dragger fleet

Joseph Antle Arthur Arbing Captain Bastin James Beaton Mate Bickford L. Winsloe Blackett Ernest F. Brown Duncan Campbell Largus Campbell Pius Campbell James Carter Maximilian Cheverie Michael J. Cheverie J. Clark crewman of the Asia Darius Clay Henry Clay _______ Cushing Charles Dears ______ Donnell ______ Emery Reginald Foote Ernest Ford Clovis Gallant Elzear Gallant John R. Gallant James S. Himmelman Thomas J. Gilbert D. (or O.) Gorman J. Heard John Hendsbee James Hennessey Henry Himmelman Capt Thomas Hodder

Ephriam Holland James Holland Arthur Irving James Jarvis David Jenkins Capt. Henry Jenkins Lee Jenkins Emmett Keefe Joseph H. Lane Arthur LaPierre John R. Leet William Lutz Peter A. MacAulay Ronald P. MacAulay Clifton MacCormack Albert MacDonald Angus A. MacDonald Ansel MacDonald Bernard J. MacDonald Charles O. MacDonald Daniel MacDonald Fabian MacDonald James MacDonald James B. MacDonald Jerome C. MacDonald Capt. John MacDonald John MacDonald John A. MacDonald Joseph MacDonald Joseph D. MacDonald Leslie MacDonald Neil C. MacDonald Capt. Pius MacDonald

Raymond J. MacDonald Walter J. MacDonald Albert MacEachern Joseph MacInnis Angus MacKenzie Daniel MacKinnon Daniel MacKinnon Frank MacKinnon John D. MacPhee Clarence Malone Daniel Mason Charles McNeill James Montgomery Robert Morrow James Murphy Elijah Nolan Capt Fabian Nolan Angus O'Hanley David O'Hanley J. Alvin Paquet Robert M. Roach Millar R. Sanderson Gabriel Spindler Jerome Steele W. (or Wm.) Stevens Kenneth I. Stewart Peter Strachan Blaine P. Stubbert Michael Sweeney Capt. William H. Townshend Thomas W. Trenholm W. Washington Young Alvin Zinck

A wreck off South Lake

Fisherman's Memorial in Souris