Leone Hayes Grayson

LEONE HAYES GRAYSON
1906 - 1991
ON OCTOBER 22,1930 AT GULL ISLAND NEAR
PICKEREL BAY, ON LITTLE ATHAPAPUSKOW.
MRS. GRAYSON HOOKED AND LANDED
A 63 1 / 2 POUND LAKE TROUT. THIS
TREMENDOUS FISH STOOD AS THE WORLD
RECORD LAKE TROUT ANGLING RECORD
FOR OVER 30 YEARS AND AT THE TIME
OF THE UNVEILING OF THIS PLAQUE, STILL
STANDS AS THE LARGEST LAKER EVER
CAUGHT BY HOOK AND LINE IN MANITOBA.
THIS TROUT WAS MOUNTED AND AFTER
SPENDING MANY YEARS ON DISPLAY AT
THE MANITOBA LEGISLATURE AND AT THE
MUSEUM IN THE PAS, IT WAS RETURNED
TO FLIN FLON AT MRS. GRAYSON'S REQUEST
TO RESIDE PERMANENTLY AT THE FLIN FLON
MUSEUM.

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