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Winnipeg goldeye

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a small edible fish, Hiodon alosoides, native to the Lake Winnipeg region, but now found over a wider range in the Northwest.

See: goldeye

Quotations

1954

Here are smoked kippers from Scotland, shelled oysters from New York, fresh shrimps from Texas, cohoes, a sort of herringy fish done in henna shades to look like a first cousin to Winnipeg Goldeye, chilled salmon from British Columbia.

1958

. . . you are ready to do some specialized cooking that will make goldeyes from the river equal the famed Winnipeg smoked goldeyes once featured by train dining cars.

1964

Manitoba's most famous fish, the goldeye, which often appears on distant menus as "Winnipeg goldeye," has in recent years been playing a decreasing role commercially.