Born and raised in Cape St. George, Raymond Simon worked hard in the woods and on the water since he was a teenager. He retired from fishing with the buyout, but still puts in his own gardens, and keeps some sheep up over the hill.

The Most Interesting People In Newfoundland is a series of video profiles — one that asks fascinating people to define themselves as individuals and as Newfoundlanders. Some will be familiar, others less so, but each has a story to tell.

Know someone we should talk to? Email martin@theindependent.ca.