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Here's why this historic bait bucket is in ship-shape

In Part II of our summer series Inside the Vault, history curator Maureen Peters explains how this intricate object was used for fishing and fills in the tale behind the bucket's second life: as a decoration at the Newfoundland Store in Toronto.

This authentic bait bucket spent decades as a decoration at the Newfoundland Store in Toronto

Why is this bait bucket in ship shape? Get hooked on the story

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A bait bucket is a back-in-the-day tool for catching cod, often used until it fell apart. So why is this bait bucket still in ship shape? Get hooked on a tale that ropes in the old Newfoundland Store in Toronto in Part Two of our series, "Inside the Vault".

If you're hoping to catch a cod in this summer's recreational fishery, you'll probably use a rod and reel. Maybe a hand line. But back in the day, fishers in Newfoundland andLabrador had another trick up their sleeve: the bait bucket.

If you've never seen a bait bucket, you're not alone. Maureen Peters, a history curator at The Rooms, had never seen one intact.

"When there was something that was really functional, really important to the fishermen, it was used and used until it fell apart," Peters said

Then one day, a perfectly preserved bait bucket washed up at The Rooms. Like so many people from the province, the bucket had spent most of its working life on the mainland. In fact, if you used to spend time in Toronto, Peters says you may have seen it on the job.

"It was into the window display of the Toronto Newfoundland Store for a good 30 years," she said.

In Part II of our summer series Inside the Vault, Peters explains how this intricate object was used for fishing and fills in the story behind its second life in the Big Smoke.

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