‘I will miss it. There’s no doubt about that’: Caribou Fisherman’s Wharf Harbour Manager retires after 36 years

Fifty years-ago, the Caribou Fisherman’s wharf would receive routine visits from Bayview boys riding over on their bicycles. “I was just fascinated with coming to the water or here to the wharf,” said John Lakenman as he drove slowly around his workplace for the last 36 years. The Caribou wharf was a lot smaller back then when there might have been only four boats tied up. Today the Caribou wharf could conceivably hold 80 vessels. A younger Lakerman didn’t know that he would one day be in charge of one of the largest wharfs on the Northumberland Strait. “Never in my wildest dreams,” he said. “ >click to read<11:35

Leave a Reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.