Urban fishers drawn to Montreals Lachine Canal despite industrial past

Urban fishers drawn to Montreals Lachine Canal despite industrial past

By Morgan Lowrie

Source: global news

8/16/2024

Credit: GMH

Live music pulses through the air as Henry Leung casts a lure into the murky waters of the Lachine Canal, at a site wedged between a noisy festival and the high-rises of Montreal’s Griffintown neighbourhood.

It’s no bucolic day on a lake, but Leung says there are plenty of fish to catch in heart of the city, ranging from bass and walleye to the large muskellunge — or muskie — which can grow to 125 centimetres long in these parts.

Lachine Canal

Muskellunge

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