FINN SLOUGH
Finnslough is a small fishing community located near the mouth of the Fraser River in Vancouver, BC. My Father was a Sámi/Finnish fisherman. After relocating from Finland, he immigrated to Canada. My father was a Sea Sámi and he started fishing on the West Coast of British Columbia. He moored his boat in the little community of Finnslough.
My father was a great story-teller. I spent many Saturday afternoons sitting on one of his fishing nets as he made repairs to the nets. He told me many stories of life as a young Sámi child growing up in the far north of Finland – now part of Russia.
He recorded these stories onto cassette tapes and asked that I publish them someday when I am able to. I suppose that time is now, as the technology has improved and I have been able to convert them to video/audio format.
With the use of AI, I have made some YouTube videos, translating them from Finnish to English – and adding an AI generated voice – that does sound like him.
In addition to the Sea Sami stories, he also had many tales to tell of his adventures as a fisherman along the coast of British Columbia.
Finn Slough Heritage Society
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