Land & Sea: Sisters and Fishers from West St. Modeste

Mary and Josephine McDonald, two of the oldest sisters from a family of ninegirls, led a fishing boat off the coast of Labrador roughlyfour decades ago

The women from West St. Modeste fished, farmed and cut wood to help their family survive.

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In the 1970s, Land & Sea visited the town to document the femalefishing duo, whichthe program at the time described as rare.

But as hostDave Quinton remarked,"it would prove to be a story of guts and determination, of love and devotion, of hard work and sacrifice."