Story: Donley, Joan Elsa

Joan Donley on Ocean chief, 1940s

Joan Donley on Ocean chief, 1940s

Joan Donley aboard the family fishing boat Ocean chief, early 1940s. Joan and her husband Robert fished for cod, which were plentiful around reefs in the Strait of Georgia and Jervis Inlet on British Columbia’s Sunshine Coast.

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Linda Bryder. 'Donley, Joan Elsa', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2018. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/6d2/donley-joan-elsa (accessed 2 May 2024)