The Senator's First Salmon.

• Format: Still Image
• Language: English
• Published: 1915
• Subjects: Milley; Samuel F.; 1867-1939; Cormier; John; Boats and Boating; Rivers > Newfoundland and Labrador > Grand River (Codroy Valley); Atlantic salmon fishing > Newfoundland and Labrador; Atlantic salmon; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/m_fomowa/id/328

1 photograph : sepia toned 13.5 x 8 cm Samuel F. Milley on the Grand River in boat with his newly caught salmon. John Cormier (?) paddling. Title from album caption. Samuel F. Milley (1867-1939) was born in St. John's in 1867. Milley was a prominent dry goods merchant in St. John's from 1890's and was a member of the Legisaltive Council for more than 30 years. Milley died in Montreal on February 12, 1939.John Cormier sold the house and land at Forks Pool on the Grand River, Codroy, July 11, 1914 to the FOMOWA Fishing Club. John Cormier was also a fishing guide for members of the FOMOWA Fishing Club. Good An album containing 323 black and white photographs and 25 pages of text, covering the years 1914 to 1937 of the FOMOWA Fishing Club on the Grand Codroy River on the west coast of Newfoundland. The album's images have been digitized as separate items.