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2019

FULLY EMBRACING FALL, Ollie the Octopus on South Lubec Road has turnedmany tourists’ heads on their way to West Quoddy Head Lighthouse. Ollie was created with fiberglass and galvanized steel

FULLY EMBRACING FALL, O

FULLY EMBRACING FALL, Ollie the Octopus on South Lubec Road has turnedmany tourists’ heads on their way to West Quoddy Head Lighthouse. Ollie was created with fiberglass and galvanized steel by Tom Cooke, and hisname was chosen by Cooke to pay respect to the early Viking explorers to these shores.

2019

MEASURE TWICE, cut once. Lubec lobsterman James Robbins measures and coils lines by arm’s length to fathoms’ depth for his lobster trap trawl. (Chessie Crowe photo)

MEASURE TWICE,

MEASURE TWICE, cut once. Lubec lobsterman James Robbins measures and coils lines by arm’s length to fathoms’ depth for his lobster trap trawl. (Chessie Crowe photo)

2019

GIVING A LOUD HUZZAH! after finishing their training were these youths during the Eastport Pirate Festival. They then charged the pirates at the Battle at Bank Square to take over the town.

GIVING A LOUD HUZZAH

GIVING A LOUD HUZZAH! after finishing their training were these youths during the Eastport Pirate Festival. They then charged the pirates at the Battle at Bank Square to take over the town. (Don Dunbar photo)

2019

HAULING BACK a purse seine set for herring off Eastport are crew members on Earl Small’s Fundy Gem (left), as the carrier Jenny Rose tows on the seiner to keep it away from the net. The herr

HAULING BACK

HAULING BACK a purse seine set for herring off Eastport are crew members on Earl Small’s Fundy Gem (left), as the carrier Jenny Rose tows on the seiner to keep it away from the net. The herring are being sold locally for lobster bait. (Edward French photo)

2019

LEADING THE DANCERS following the welcoming ceremony for the chiefs at Split Rock are Dwayne Tomah and Lorene Homan, during the 54th Indian Day celebration at Pleasant Point. (Edward French

LEADING THE DANCERS

LEADING THE DANCERS following the welcoming ceremony for the chiefs at Split Rock are Dwayne Tomah and Lorene Homan, during the 54th Indian Day celebration at Pleasant Point. (Edward French photo)

2019

A DOCUMENTARY CREW for an HBO production films James and Deborah Fallows, authors of the Our Towns book,interviewing Bob Delpapa in front of his restaurant, the WaCo Diner. (Edward French ph

A DOCUMENTARY CREW

A DOCUMENTARY CREW for an HBO production films James and Deborah Fallows, authors of the Our Towns book,interviewing Bob Delpapa in front of his restaurant, the WaCo Diner. (Edward French photo)

2019

QUIETLY WATCHING A MINKE WHALE as it surfaces is this kayaker off Campobello Island. Local whale-watching boats have recently been seeing quite a few whales, including Gonzo, Breadknife, Stu

QUIETLY WATCHING A MINKE WHALE

QUIETLY WATCHING A MINKE WHALE as it surfaces is this kayaker off Campobello Island. Local whale-watching boats have recently been seeing quite a few whales, including Gonzo, Breadknife, Stumpy, Bruce, Batman and Rudolph. In Atlantic Canada, boaters are required to maintain a 100-metre buffer zone from any whales. (Don Dunbar