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    Fishing on the Dennys River

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    A collection of images of fishermen (and women) and their catches reproduced from "Salmon on the Dennys, 1786-1988" by Ed Bartlett and Ray Robinson, printed by the Ellsworth American, 1988. A hand-written note from Benjamín Lincoln, manager of the Lincoln Mills, invites a friend to come and fish for salmon on the Dennys River in June, 1882. An additional image of a Passamaquoddy guide helping a fly-fisherman land his catch, reveals a traditional role of native peoples on the Dennys River.
    Donald Phinney and the Presidential Salmon, 1940; Donald Phinney holding the first bright run salmon caught on May 20, 1940 the Dennys River, Dennysville, Maine. Reproduced from
    Two anglers, father and son, from Rye, New Hampshire with Dennys River salmon in the early 1900's; Reproduced from Howard Kilby, Dennysville Postmaster displaying a freshly caught salmon caught on the Dennys River in the late nineteenth century.; Note the length of his fly rod, waders and the gaff hook in his hand, as well as the size of his catch. Letter from Benjamin Lincoln dated June1, 1882, grandson of General Benjamin Lincoln, inviting a friend to come and fish for salmon on the Dennys River: Mina Phinney with a freshly caught salmon on the Denny River; Reproduced from Beatrice Wilder displays her salmon catch on the Dennys River; Reproduced from Charlie Sylvia surveys his salmon.; Reproduced from Carroll Fisher and a four pound trout caught on the Dennys River; Reproduced from Ralph Higgins fishing the Dodge Place pool on the Dennys River in the 1930's; Reproduced from Sport with a Passamaquoddy Guide, Tomah Joseph, c. 1910.; The thrill of the catch is captured in Tomah Joseph's etching of a sport fisherman hooking a salmon and losing his hat on this birchbark panel at the Passamaquoddy Heritage Museum in Indian Township, Maine. Image courtesy of Donald Soctomah and the Tribal Historic Preservation Office.