The river is noted for Atlantic salmon fishing, and is immortalized by the legend of the Dungarvon Whooper and in the Brennen Siding Trilogy by Canadian writer Herb Curtis.
Tony Curtis | Jamie Lee Curtis | herb | Curtis Institute of Music | Herb Alpert | Curtis Mayfield | Steven Curtis Chapman | Richard Curtis | Herb Kohl | Claire Curtis-Thomas | Curtis Gates Lloyd | Edward S. Curtis | Curtis Brown | Moses Ashley Curtis | Herb Caen | Herb | Herb Dean | Curtis Hanson | Curtis Cup | Cliff Curtis | Adam Curtis | Herb Kelleher | George William Curtis | Curtis Stigers | Curtis Ebbesmeyer | Anne Curtis | Samuel Ryan Curtis | Natalie Curtis | Nacio Herb Brown | Ian Curtis |
Authors published by Goose Lane include Alden Nowlan, Nancy Bauer, Herb Curtis, Reg Balch, Lynn Coady, Alan Cumyn, Sheree Fitch, Douglas Glover whose novel Elle won the 2003 Governor General's Award for English-language fiction, and Riel Nason whose novel The Town That Drowned won the 2012 Commonwealth Book Prize (Canada and Europe).