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Recording Details: Johnny Chuck MacAdam T4 [Tape Four]:

SIDE A 00:00:04 -- 00:04:39 Discussion about lobster canneries; lobster canneries, lobster factories, Harry Cox, Pratt's lobster factory, Savage Harbour, Rollins. 

SIDE A 00:04:39 -- 00:17:19 Discussion about schooners and rum runners; rum runners, rum running, schooners, Caraquet, rum boats, rum prices, Capt. T. Bell, XXX rum, rum, black diamond rum, kegs of rum, cutters, cigarettes, forerunners, prohibition. 

SIDE A 00:17:19 -- 00:23:44 Discussion about fishing out of Savage Harbour; Savage Harbour, fishing, Oar River, 1920s, lobster canneries. 

SIDE A 00:23:44 -- 00:26:27 Discussion about the 1930s; 1930s, Great Depression, money, lumber woods. 

SIDE A 00:26:27 -- 00:31:45 Discussion about rum running continues; rum running, rum runners, rum, prohibition, Tom Smith, MacKinnon, RCMP, Mounties. 

SIDE A ends at 00:31:45.

SIDE B 00:31:55 -- 00:34:39 Discussion about rum running continues; rum running, rum runners, rum, prohibition, MacKinnon, Captain Dicks, Capt. Dicks, 12 mile limit. 

SIDE B 00:34:39 -- 00:38:52 Discussion about following the phases of the moon; phases of the moon, moon phases, butchering, superstitions. 

SIDE B 00:38:52 -- 00:44:26 Discussion about the Harvest Excursion; Harvest Excursion, 1930s. 

SIDE B 00:44:26 -- 00:46:42 Discussion about pack peddlers; Tommy Said, pack peddlers. 

SIDE B 00:46:42 -- 00:48:43 Discussion about the first radio he remembers; radio. 

SIDE B 00:48:43 -- 00:52:20 Discussion about fiddlers and dances; fiddlers, Victor MacPhee, Angus MacPhee, Aneas MacEachern, Francis MacDonald, dances. 

SIDE B 00:52:20 -- 00:57:25 Discussion about trains; trains, traveling, narrow gauge, wide gauge, Mt. Stewart Junction, Mt. Stewart. 

SIDE B 00:57:25 -- 01:00:44 Discussion about the Captain John memorial; Captain John, Captain John memorial, 1772, 1922, 1790s, MacAdam, Bishop Angus MacEachern, James MacDonald, Captain MacDonald, priests, 1793. 

SIDE B 01:00:44 -- 01:03:39 Discussion about Gaelic; Gaelic, Sandy MacAdam, Dan MacKay. 
 Tape ends at 01:03:39.

Overview:

Interviewee(s):
MacAdam, John D. "Johnny Chuck"

Playing Time:
01:03:39

Interview Date(s):
1999-02-19

Interview Summary:
This is an interview with John D. "Johnny Chuck" MacAdam, P.E.I. In this interview Johnny Chuck talks about lobster fishing, schooners, rum running, Savage Harbour, fishing, the 1930s, the phases of the moon, pack peddlers, the Harvest Excursion, radio, fiddlers, dances, trains, Scottish settlers, and Gaelic.

Place(s) Discussed:
Savage Harbour, PE; Mt. Stewart, PE; Oar River, PE

Time(s) Discussed:
1920s, 1930s, 1772, 1922, 1790s, 1793

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