The Coast of Newfoundland: The Southwest Corner Clarence Vautier
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ISBN 1-894463-26-9
130 pages with black and white photos
Flanker Press, 2002
Book Description
Clarence Vautier illuminates the great seagoing traditions of the remote, southwest waters of Newfoundland. The Coast of Newfoundland: The Southwest Corner is a tribute to the men and women who faced the challenge of the sea, usually with suceess, but not without personal tragedy.
About the Author
Clarence Vautier Jr. was born in 1972 in La Poile, Newfoundland. Clarence moved away to attend high school, and after high school he fished with his father Clarence Sr. and his brother Raymond for a short time. Upon completion of school at the Nautical Institute of Nova Scotia in Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia, Clarence obtained employment with Biorex Atlantic Inc., where he took many voyages on many fishing vessels on the east coast of Canada.
In 1994, he enrolled at the Institute of Fisheries and Marine Technology at Memorial University of Newfoundland, in St. John's, where he studied navigation. He later went to work as a deck officer on The Great Lakes, first for P & H Shipping, then for Algoma Central Marine, where he remains today.
Clarence Vautier currently resides in St. John's with his wife, Marina, and
his son, Brandon Daniel.