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The island of Cape Breton,
the northeastern end of Nova Scotia...
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is just a small chunk of land
sticking out into the Atlantic.
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Roads haven't been built through
everywhere yet.
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You mostly have to come in from the sea.
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It needs an old hand to navigate
through the shoals offshore...
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especially during the storms that come up
suddenly in the summertime...
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and the little lighthouse
has saved many a life.
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The village isn't much to shout about.
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Just a quiet, peaceful place where
the people are proud of their church...
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built with their own hands and what
little money they could scrape up.
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Their farms don't bring in much...
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but for a few months each year
when the cod are running...
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there's a lot of excitement.
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You should see the harbor then,
alive with boats.
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They leave the women to take care
of the potatoes and livestock...
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and put out to sea.
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Not many of them are lucky enough
to have their own boat...
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but they all get a share
when the catch is paid for at the cannery.
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A fair-sized haul means everything.
It means food for the long winter...
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new blades for tools,
grain bought for cattle.
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That's why we watch each vessel
as she comes in...
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to see how low she sets in the water.
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Floyd, come on back here
and give us a hand with these fish.
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Fergus, tack in on that line.
Help get this catch ashore.
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Get that unloading net aboard.
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- How many drags did you make?
- Two, three hours.
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Take it away.
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Get that boom over.
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Don't tie it off, get it back onboard.
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I don't want to hang around all day
on this reeking wharf.
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- Look out!
- Hook's in his shoulder.
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Hey, Dan'I!
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- Do you know where the doctor is?
- Sure, he's dead.
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No, the new doctor. Same place. Get.
Hurry up, bring him back, quick.