Angus Walters occupation fisher
Childhood and early life at sea
Angus Walters was born in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, a fishing community, located on the south shore of Nova Scotia. He was one of twelve children of Adelaide (Lohnes) and Captain Frederick Elias Walters, a fisherman and captain of the schooner Nyanza.: 5  At age fourteen, in 1895, Walters started his career as a fisherman on his father's boat.  He started as a "throater" where he was responsible for grabbing fish, cutting their throats and slicing the belly down to the tail.: 12   His career also led him to learning about life at sea as a "header": 14  and a "doryman.": 15  Walters sailed on his father's ship for two years until she sank off the Magdalen Islands.
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