| description: | Here hundreds of aboriginals from as far east as Bismark, Ontario congregated every Spring to catch and smoke jacks, sturgeon, and catfish. This was an annual event every Spring, after the fish started coming downstream again after spawning. Six strong young men, stripped to the waist, were posted at the narrow neck of the "V" made by the dam. They clubbed the fish and kept clear the baskets situated there. The women gutted the fish and then smoked them on miles of poles. |