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Offering
a naturally-organic lobster specially caught for our
customers from the pristine waters off the LaHave
Islands, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, from December 1
– May 30.
While supplies last. |
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In-shore lobster fishing and boat building
has been the Bush Family’s way of life and source of
income for multi-generations. Milton Bush and, son,
Simon fish from the sea around the LaHave Islands as did
Grampy Roy, Great-Grampy Caleb Bush; Great-Great Grampy
Stephen Bush and so-forth. Caleb Bush was an institution
in the community. He started his career as an inshore
fisherman at the age of 10 working with his father. They
fished from Bush Island until Caleb married Florence
Mosher and settled in West Dublin where he fished until
he was 94. This gave him a record of 84 years of working
on the sea as an in-shore fisherman. Caleb is known as
being the oldest fisherman to have lived in the province
of Nova Scotia.
Caleb fished from an 11 foot boat until 1930 when his
cousin and boat builder, Mikey Bush, built him a 26-foot
double ender Cape Island type boat for $60.00. Caleb
skippered that craft with its Acadian “one lunge” engine
until he retired. Caleb had 10 children and only Roy
Bush, his youngest son, took to the sea. “They know
there is more money and less hard work ashore,” Caleb
Bush would say--referring to his other 9 children. |
Caleb lived to be 106 and
credited his longevity to a life of hard work and
abstention from alcohol and tobacco as well as a diet
primarily of fish and potatoes, corned beef and cabbage
or sauerkraut and home baked bread. Caleb never owned or
drove a car, nor did he have a TV. He had his own way of
entertaining himself by singing his favorite hymns or
telling “yarns of the good ole days” to his many
visitors. Caleb died September 21, 1989. |
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Roy's mother, Florence Bush, died shortly after he was
born; Mikey Bush, and his wife Amy, raised Roy for Caleb
who was widowed; Roy enjoyed his fishing career with the
in-shore lobster fishery until he died June 29, 2008.
Milton and grandson, Simon, fish from the same waters as
he did. Today, Roy's son Milton and grandson, Simon,
fish from the same waters as Roy and Caleb did. Lobster
is the only sea creature left from the waters of the
LaHave Islands from which to make a living. Milton
builds his own boats and traps and maintains the family
wharf in West Dublin in hopes of continuing the prideful
family business for Milton's son, Simon, to continue if
he wishes. The cost of catching these tasty creatures
has risen astronomically. "I love what I do and I can't
think of doing anything else; so I want to keep doing it
as long as I can. If I'm blessed, I too, will be 94 when
I stop lobstering." says Milton Bush.
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Milton Bush
and his family sincerely appreciate the buyers who
continue to support their lobster fishery. Their mission
is to provide a naturally-organic, fresh, lobster off
the wharf to buyers at a fair trade price; and the Bush
family strives to use sustainable fishing practices. |
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For
our children's future, we ask that all customers bring
their own cooler, pot, wash tub or other means of
transporting the lobster you purchase at our pound. To
help you understand our decision to no longer use
plastic bags please view this
MS PowerPoint slide show: The
Dangers of Plastic Bags. Sincerely, The Bush Family |
For inquiries:
E-mail: beach@eastlink.ca
or
Phone: (902) 688-1157
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