Lake Erie Fish Wars: Shots Fired At Local Fishermen
Wednesday, March 26, 2025 at 6 PM
Did you know that there was once a 10-year stretch when armed Canadian revenue ships declared war on the fishermen of Erie, Pennsylvania? Gillnettingon the 'wrong side' of the international line separating Erie (USA) and Long Point(Canada), Erie fishers were hauling in thousands of tons of "Canadian" fish. How were Erie's "fish pirates," as the Canadians called them, able to outsmart, and outrun, federal officers? How did 'the war' escalate from bow-mounted gatling guns to movable machine guns? What led to "peace", and what did that look like?Join JES Scholar-in-Residence and author of the weekly series "On the Waterfront,"Dr. David Frew to an exciting look into this decade-long war.
