Sámi

Finn Slough

My father was a Finnish Saami. After immigrating to Canada he became a commercial fisherman, gillnet fishing on the west coast of Vancouver. In the early 1960’s my dad purchased a small fishing shack from another long time resident of Finn Slough – Mr. Hämäläinen. In the summer months he would travel in his gillnetter fishing boat up the coast to fish in the small fishing villages of Sointula and Rivers Inlet. During the winter months he would return to Vancouver and repair his nets at his fishing hut at the mouth of the Fraser River.

Sam’s Smoked Salmon at Finn Slough

Salomon 'Sam' Halonen

Salomon ‘Sam’ Halonen

Sam Halonen Fixing Nets - Photo by Eero Sorila

Sam Halonen Fixing Nets – Photo by Eero Sorila

Photo Art by Robert Lane

Sam at Finn Slough -

Sam at Finn Slough – 1000 Dyke Road – photo by Robert Lane

Finn Slough Fishing Shacks

Finn Slough Fishing Shacks

Finn Slough View

Finn Slough View – photo art by Robert Lane

Finn Slough Dock

Finn Slough Dock – photo art by Robert Lane

My Family at Dad's Fishing Shack

My Family at Dad’s Fishing Shack

Sam Halonen and Renae the Boat

Sam Halonen and Renae the Boat

More about Finn Slough
Finn Slough Heritage Society
Michael Kluckner
The Fishing Village of Finn Slough by Eero Sorila

Chi Perspective – Robert Lane

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