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William F. Bunting, Ardent Angler


William F. Bunting - 
Masonic Grand Lodge of New Brunswick

William F. Bunting of Saint John (detail),
chair of the City's Board of Assessors and, in 1883, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of New Brunswick, Free and Accepted Masons. He was also an ardent angler.
(Masonic Grand Lodge of New Brunswick, Saint John)


Page from one of five diaries - 
New Brunswick Museum

Page from one of five diaries Bunting kept between 1858 and his death in 1897
This page describes a salmon fishing excursion to the Southwest Miramichi in 1874.
(New Brunswick Museum)


Framed display of salmon flies - 
New Brunswick Museum

Framed display of salmon flies (detail)
by Charles Baillie, Saint John, about 1900
(New Brunswick Museum, 2319)


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