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The Good Lord and Fishing ¹¹
The Good Lord and Fishing11
The majority of the guides agreed that Fairy was Charles Borromé’s pool. He
was regularly spotted fishing with a Sport. Félicien remembers a funny story
told by his father. One day when Charles went to his pool, he saw an Amerindian,
probably Baptiste Jérome, son of Noel, set up to fish. At the end of the day,
Charles crossed his canoe and asked him how was the fishing?
Baptiste said
he didn’t catch anything. With a smile on his lips, Charles replied: “The good
Lord is probably not a Savage!”
Early the next day, Charles rushed to Fairy with his fisherman. But neither of
them was able to catch any salmon.
When they returned, they met Baptiste
who asked them how was the fishing? Charles had to admit
their failure. Laughing, Baptist cannot help but say: “You
have to believe that the good Lord is not French either!”
Excerpt from page 493, The Bonaventure River 1883 - 1980
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Like in a western movie
On the Bonaventure, in the 1930s, the tension rose between the population and the
wardens who patrol with firearms.
During a hike, the guide Élide Arsenault (son of Joachim), owner of land near
the Flat Rapids bridge, met a warden with a rifle on his shoulder hidden in the
bridge to catch poachers. Surprised to see him armed, Élide asked him if he
intended to use the rifle. Very determined, the English-speaking warden replied,
“If you take a salmon, I kill you.” An unequivocal answer that aroused Élide’s
anger. To make this recalcitrant warden listen to reason, Élide used his fists 12.
Excerpt from page 332, The Bonaventure River 1883 - 1980
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Gene Tunney Is Lost 14
American heavyweight champion
and personal friend of Joe P.Routh, Gene Tunney was, for
a number of years, the host of
Camp Baldy. Despite his love
for alcohol and gambling, he
continued to train on a daily
basis, even though he was retired.
He could be seen doing
laps in the river or walking long
distances along the portage
trails.
Tunney didn’t really enjoy
fishing.
He preferred to ask
his guides to leave with the
canoe and fish while he would
walk and meet up with them
upstream. During one of his
treks, he got lost. Walking
along the bank to get to their
meeting point, Gene Tunney,
at the junction of the Big-
West, took the western branch
thinking he was still following
the Bonaventure. Since he
wasn’t showing up, the guides
got worried and decided to go
looking for him. After yelling out for him for many hours, the men decided to go
up the Big- West and found Tunney alive and well, but
exhausted by this excessive workout!
Excerpt from page 663, The Bonaventure River 1883 - 1980
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