Chapter 7

Chapter 7 discusses the Bypassed East, which includes the Atlantic Providences of Canada, northern New England and the Adriondack region of New York. The two major commodities for this region are fish and trees, which happens to also be a major commodities for Crescent City over the years as well.

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Fishing has developed over the years as a way of life for many of the residents in the area. With access to the ocean and rivers to both the north and south, fish was not only a common source of food, it was also a way to make a living. Salmon are prevalent in the rivers, as well as steelhead in the Smith River, and many of the residents have perfected recipes over the years for cooking salmon as well as using it in the recipe for different dishes because it was an easy catch for many of the people. Many people over the years have also opted to fish from shore or the jetty if they do not have access to a boat and often catch rock cod. Many of the residents though have invested in a boat or work for someone who has one and go out into the ocean and catch a variety of sea life to bring home. The town is mainly a crab and salmon port, but other species caught are sole, lingcod, rockfish, flounder, whitebait, smelt, albacore, sablefish, surf perch, shark and halibut. Whaling was something that occurred for a period in Crescent city and was started in about 1855.

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The port though and in general the whole fishing industry in Crescent City developed the way it did because of the trees. The timber industry caused the expansion of the port due to the need to have a place to bring timber in and transport it inland to mines. In 1853 the first mill was established in Crescent City.  Logging was hard brutal work, as hand tools and oxen moved the logs to the mills. Today much of the area is protected and part of national parks. Families still due higher various companies to come in and remove some of the trees on their property to expand their own land. Land is bought up and homes are built, yet much of the forest is still left in the surrounding area which adds to the beauty of this region.

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