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Word: banquereau (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...summer, wind-bitten Nova Scotian schoonermen had put into Lunenburg and Halifax with fresh fish and frayed tempers. Now that the war was over, big (500 to 1,200-ton) Portuguese and Spanish trawlers were back in numbers on the Quero (from Banquereau) Bank. Bluenose skippers howled that they were trying to run Canadian schooners (80-90 tonners) off the grounds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada: THE MARITIMES: Trouble on Quero | 8/26/1946 | See Source »

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