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Cape Island boat
[after Cape Sable Island, N.S.]
Maritimes
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a type of boat used by inshore fishermen of Nova Scotia.
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1951
She closely resembles the Down East type generically referred to as "Cape Island boats."
1963
The life of the inshore by the expectant fishermen--the men who take to sea in 40-foot Cape Island boats, some of them powered by old automobile engines--is never an easy one.
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