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From maple-syrup winters in Saint-Jovite to brawls on Vancouver’s docks, D7 bulldozers in the Yukon, and the first batches of “Smudgies” smoked oysters in a backyard smokehouse—this book traces the remarkable life of Joseph Arthur Armand St. Jean (1913–1990) and the hard-won beginnings of St. Jean’s Cannery & Smokehouse. Written by his son, Gerard, it’s equal parts frontier adventure, immigrant hustle, and West Coast food history—told through vivid, true stories that move from Dawson City and Whitehorse to Nanaimo’s waterfront, Expo ’86, and beyond. Along the way we meet the people, places, and lucky breaks (and setbacks) that shaped a family business still canning seafood today.
