“At Indian Harbour the crowds were so great that our little church was too small. So we had open-air services. Dr. [Harry] Paddon of the Grenfell Association would always take some part in the service, the Association having a summer hospital at Indian Harbour.” Liz Dawson, ‘In Great Waters’

“Doris Saunders: Aunt Glady, tell me about the time you almost got sold for a fox.” ‘Silver for Gold’

“…which rose up to the height of a huge ice-berg, in the mouth of the bay, showed its white colour, and then plunged down again, leaving a whirlpool of foam.” Hans J. Rollmann, ‘Inuit Traditions about Nennorluk (Nennerluk), a Labrador Sea Monster’

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“This incident actually occurred, time frame unknown. Innu were caribou hunting and they were awaiting at Menihek Lake for the caribou to come to the lake. After a long wait the forest was set afire and the caribou retreated to the water.” Sam Saunders, ‘Forestry Usage in Labrador’

“This monopoly on their earnings often upset workers, although in many instances, there were no other local options available to spend earnings.” Ursula Kelly, ‘Labrador’s First Company Scrip’

“As the league operates on a draft system not all Javelin players work for the company although the team is sponsored by the company. The draft system was introduced so that major employers in the area (such as Javelin which has many excellent players on its payroll) will not completely dominate the league” Javelin Forest Kings Near Top in Hockey

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“All hands that knew him (and there were many) called him Archie. He was the son of a trapper and a true Labrador woman, one of five children belonging to Douglas Best Sr. and Hannah (Michelin) Best.” Stan Oliver, ‘Once-in-a-Lifetime: My Trip with Archie Best

“The worst was, we had to walk five kilometres back home. Home couldn’t come fast enough.” William Larkham Jr., ‘Growing Up in William’s Harbour’

“Well now, how to organize a dog team race for Happy Valley? How do I get the word out, where to hold the races, how to advertise and when will the races be held?” Richard Learning, ‘The Start of the Labrador Heritage Cup Dog Team Races’

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“Beautiful crisp morning. Rose early and mustered a volunteer crew for a good expedition: old Mr. Bird, aged 80, Charlie Hussey, aged 11, Harold Swaffield, aged 8 – some crew!” Journal of Rev. Henry Gordon

“Everybody went in the bubble to play. And they hopped back and forth between car to car. You were frightened to death they’d fall off the train somewhere along the way, but nobody did.” Caroline Dobbin, ‘Teaching in Labrador West’

“We had 50-60 children in the Dorm up to 17-18 years old, mostly from the north.” Olive Matthews, ‘Teaching in the Dorm’

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“The things he gave me, like an old .22, I will always treasure. But they are just reminders of a wonderful friend. He represented to me a link with the past of a happier, gentler time.” – George Way, The Last of the Height of Land Trappers. 

“My father (Alfonzo “Uncle Funzo” Learning) was working down Dove Brook at logs or something. He come home every weekend with a little bag, 20 pound flour on a stick on his back. That’s all he had, nothing else. We had to kill partridges and catch rabbits, had to cut our own wood and everything. Trappers use to go right across by our door to go in country trapping. When they come out from trapping, they’d always drop off whatever they had left to our place. When they had some bread, pork, sugar and stuff like that, you know. Wonderful friends them times. But that’s that anyways.” – Robert Learning, Working to Make a Living.

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Gram sits in her chair, one leg tucked in under, wearing a blue cardigan out over her blouse. She is knitting. And smiling. She smiles whenever she sees one of her grandchildren; a smile that brightens her entire face. She smiles with her eyes. – Jodie Lane, “Mary Andersen and Peace McNeill”

“I was born in a little place called Newtown. There was no Charlottetown in that time. The whole area was called St. Michael’s Bay. My grandparents George and Nillie Kippenhuck, the Campbells and Turnbulls lived in what we call “Up the head of the bay”. – Marion Kippenhuck, “Memories of St. Michael’s Bay”

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