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ANDREW COPPOLINO andrewcoppolino@gmail.com
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Mathieu Pigeon dirige Fishing Pigeon’s Angling Adventures à partir de sa maison de Rockland, adjacente à la rivière des Outaouais. (Joseph Coppolino, EAP)
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Des clients heureux au chaud dans l’une des trois tentes de Pigeon équipées de chauffages et des dernières technologies en matière de pêche sur glace. (Joseph Coppolino, EAP)
A patron of Pigeon’s ice huts along the Ottawa river holds up a walleye, a coveted catch (and release) of the season. (Joseph Coppolino, EAP)
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