• Date: May 22, 2007
• Location: Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center
• Time:9AM - 3PM
Address and Directions



Join us as we welcome renowned Essex County historian Dr. Daniel Vickers for our discussion of “The Fishing Industry in Essex County.” Using portions of Vickers’ book Farmers and Fisherman: Two Centuries of Work in Essex County, Massachusetts 1630-1850, this seminar will explore the industry as it developed from its small-scale colonial roots into the life-blood of many Essex County cities and towns. Because the industry was so vital to coastal Essex County, this seminar will also examine its influence on the social, economic, and cultural development of the area. The site for this seminar, the Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center, is the perfect location for this examination of the fishing industry. Teachers will be introduced to exhibits and activities that exemplify the process and impact of fishing, including a sail in an historic fishing vessel.

 

• Dr. Daniel Vickers
• Professor of History
• University of British Columbia

 

Directions

Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center
23 Harbor Loop
Gloucester, MA 01930

• Follow Rte. 128 North to Gloucester
  Stay on Rte. 128 through two rotaries and Turn right at first set of lights
  At Stop sign, bear right onto Rte. 127
  Stay left at fork on Rogers Street
  Pass Gorton's sign on your right
  Take next left onto Harbor Loop
  GMHC is at the bottom of the loop
• Map

Parking
Park on Rogers street or in Fitz Hugh Lane parking lot, which is located on the corner of Rogers Street and Harbor Loop. Ten hour meters are available at both locations.

Bibliography

Daniel Vickers. Farmers and Fisherman: Two Centuries of Work in Essex County, Massachusetts, 1630-1830. Chapel Hill: UNC Press, 1994. Pages 85-203 and Pages 261-289

Peter Gott. The Cape Ann Fisherman. Circa 1856. Introduction and Chapters 1-5, 7, 9, and 13.