Eel fishing at Lake Ellesmere/Te Waihora: Picturing Canterbury

Eel fishing at Lake Ellesmere/Te Waihora. Entry by Louise Lockie in the 2017 Christchurch City Libraries Photo Hunt. (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 NZ) CCL-PH17-LoLo-01.

Eel fishing Lake Ellesmere/Te Waihora. Selwyn (Sel) Lockie on left. 1968.

Do you have any photographs of eel (tuna) fishing in Canterbury? If so, feel free to contribute to our collection.

The Discovery Wall is a large interactive exhibition which allows several people to simultaneously explore images and stories of the history of the people and places of Christchurch. Images displayed on the Wall can also be found on the Discovery Wall website.

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