bear Archives - Them Days https://themdays.com/?product_tag=bear Stories of Early Labrador Mon, 09 Mar 2026 17:49:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://themdays.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/cropped-Them-Days-Logo-32x32.jpg bear Archives - Them Days https://themdays.com/?product_tag=bear 32 32 Caribou Cakes Cookbook – Digital Only https://themdays.com/product/caribou-cakes-cookbook-digital-only/ Mon, 10 Jul 2023 17:56:03 +0000 https://themdays.com/?post_type=product&p=61842 Caribou Cakes returns to our digital collections. This cookbook is filled with Labrador favourites with dishes that include; Caribou, Bear, Rabbit, Fish, Seal, Pea soup and plenty more. Included you can also find traditional sweets and jams, cookies, and even beverages. This cookbook consists of many entries from all over Labrador making these selections diverse of plenty dishes

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Moravian Foodways at Nam in the Early 1770’s.

A Seasonal Diet

Hunting and Trapping

Caribou

Bear

Rabbit

Beaver

Mountain Cat

Porcupine

Squirrel

Birds

Seal

Porpoise and Whale

Preserving and Storing

Eggs

Fish

Shiwa and Sivahk

Seaweed

Shellfish

Homemade Vinegar

Vegetables and Gardening

Mushrooms 

Pea Soup

Baked Beans 

Instant Baby Custard

Breads

Buns and Flummies Cakes

Cookies

Puddings

Candy

Rhubarb

Berries

Jams and Jellies

Beverages

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]]> Grub Cookbook https://themdays.com/product/grub-cookbook/ Wed, 12 Oct 2016 16:56:05 +0000 https://themdays.com/?post_type=product&p=1483 Do you miss Them Days' original cookbook, Caribou Cakes? We have a BRAND-NEW cookbook (taking a few hard-to-find recipes from the original) with all new recipes, interviews and articles about traditional Labrador food. This cookbook has 128 pages and spiral binding for easier use in the kitchen!

Learn how to make Labrador favourites, such as pea soup, flummies, wild meat dishes, and more! Learn about the importance of food in the rhythm of everyday life in Labrador, be it in food-gathering, hunting, fishing, berry-picking, preserving, cooking, and eating. This is a great gift for the foodie in your family!

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Meats- 
Foods from our Waters-
Birds-
Food from the Land- Robin McGrath
Beverages- 
Breads, Buns and Flummies-
Meals-
Preserving and Storing Food-
Boarding School Food-
Christmas, Holidays, and Celebrations-
Glossary-

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]]> Vol. 32, No. 3 https://themdays.com/product/vol-32-no-3/ Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:00:11 +0000 http://209.240.156.91/wordpress/?post_type=product&p=590 Them Days spent the summer getting ready for the upcoming months. Josie Lethbridge says fall is berry picking season. Photo of Mark Hay and Jerry Barbour of Nain, Labrador. Elizabeth Penashue is going to stalk about Innu Games. Morris Blake was born on September 5, 1931. William Palliser was from Rigolet, Labrador. Katie Baikie was in North West and then moved to Twin Falls. The war years were exciting times in Labrador. Bond Rebukes Bowrings by David Davis. It was a sunny day when Clarice Blake Rudkowski returned home with her family berry picking. Labrador Gallery on page 32. Winnie Noseworthy was born in North River. Captain Lawrence was born on October 12th, 1812. Theresa Hopkins was born at Spotted Islands. Chesley Flowers and Toby Andersen went caribou hunting at Webb's Bay. Max Gregoire was born November 28, 1952. A Promissory Note from Chateau Bay by Robin McGrath.

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These Days at Them Days – Aimee Chaulk
Administrator’s Note – Josie Lethbridge
A Blast from the Past in Nain – Aimee Chaulk
Innu Games – Elizabeth Penashue
Hard Work Never Hurt Anybody – Morris Blake
My Mother Came from Baffin Island – Bill Palliser
Lots to Do in Twin Falls – Katie Baikie
Plane Crash in Battle Harbour – Nelson Sherren
Bond’s letter to Bowrings – David Davis
The End of the War – Clarice Blake Rudkowski
Labrador Gallery
Who What When Where Why?
Through the Eyes of a Photographer – James R. Anderson
Recollections of the American Fishery in the Strait of Belle Isle in 1828 – Wally McLean
School Days – Theresa Hopkins
Chesley Flowers: A Practical Man – Toby Andersen
I Loved Going to School – Max Gregoire
A Promissory Note from Chateau Bay
Then and Now

Front cover: Flora and Freeman Baikie. North West Islands, 1948. Marjorie Wheeler Gardiner collection.
Back cover: Marjorie Wheeler Gardiner collection.

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]]> Vol. 30, No. 3 https://themdays.com/product/vol-30-no-3/ Sat, 15 Apr 2006 04:00:31 +0000 https://209.240.156.91/wordpress/?post_type=product&p=547 Them Days was sadden to learn that Doris Saunders passed away. Many people called Doris Saunders Dob. Nigel Markham was working in Happy- Valley- Goose - Bay. Doris Saunders was known by a few  as "Little Spot" in Cartwright. Doris Saunders called herself a "squawky kid from Cartwright'. On January 13, 1904 there was a baby eskimo born in the United States. Barry Mercer's dad Frank Mercer was 20 year's old when he stepped foot off the boat in Hopedale in September of 1934. Jessica Gavin went to Halifax for National Historic fair in 2006. Boat Diana bring passengers and fishermen  along the coast until early fall. Doris Saunders used to go Bessie Flynn in motor boat when she was a girl. William Saulter and his crew went to the country caribou hunting for a week or so on. In late April we received strange animal being sighted about 25 km out of Nain.

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These Days at THEM DAYS – Lorne Hollett
Administrator’s Note – Judy Pardy
Dr. Doris Jean Saunders Eulogy – Gillian Saunders
Thoughts of Doris – Patty Way
Remembering Doris – Nigel Markham
Dobbie Jean – Judy MvGrath
“Dr. Dot”, an appreciation – Wally McLean
Inuit Entertainers in the U.S. Part 3 – Jim Zwick
He Served in Three Police Forces – Barry Mercer
If My Walls Could Talk – Jessica Gavin
Jack Buckle – Ellen McDonald & Peggy Hancock
Bessie Flynn – Doris Saunders
Interview with William Saulter – Stephen Roberts
An Unexpected Visitor – Lorne Hollett

Front cover: Dr. Doris J. Saunders wearing a traditional Labrador silipak, c. 1998. Courtesy Gillian Saunders.

Back cover: Doris Saunders on Dumplin Island. Photo Nigel Markham.

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]]> Vol. 23, No. 4 https://themdays.com/product/vol-23-no-4/ Wed, 15 Jul 1998 04:00:02 +0000 http://209.240.156.91/wordpress/?post_type=product&p=492 Rev. Henry Gordon says the weather is stormy so he waited til noon see how'd the conditions would be. Charlotte Voisey passed away in Concordia Hospital. Progress versus Peace is a poem by Iris J. O'Leary. The Carol Project grows fast to keep up with it. John M. Earle had a career. Northern Lights is a poem by Doris Martin. Peggy Hancock worked for H. B. C for 5 years and 3 months. Stewart Howell worked with International Grenfell Association in 1953. Summer of 1959, Joan Stedman spent the years in Labrador. Lydia Campbell told us about her mom Susan when she left the eskimos. The Letter Bag is another issue.

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Rev. Henry Gordon says the weather is stormy so he waited til noon see how’d the conditions would be. Charlotte Voisey passed away in Concordia Hospital. Progress versus Peace is a poem by Iris J. O’Leary. The Carol Project grows fast to keep up with it. John M. Earle had a career. Northern Lights is a poem by Doris Martin. Peggy Hancock worked for H. B. C for 5 years and 3 months. Stewart Howell worked with International Grenfell Association in 1953. Summer of 1959, Joan Stedman spent the years in Labrador. Lydia Campbell told us about her mom Susan when she left the eskimos. The Letter Bag is another issue.

Labrador Public School (Part 3)- Rev. Henry Gordon
Charlotte Lavinia Voisey- Leonard Budgell
Nagliktara Nukak- E. Benigna Lidd
Napatusuk, Okak Bay- 1959- Joan Stedman
Progress Versus Peace- Iris J, O’Leary
Carol- 
My First Trip in the Country- John M. Earle
Sandwich Bay Was Home- Harvey Mesher
Military Radar Stations- 
Northern Lights- Doris Martin
Work and Wages- Pearl Hancock
International Grenfell Association- Stewart Howell
Sea Tragedies- Harvey Mesher
Myth Exploded or Another Tall Tale- Kester Brown
Short Stories- Flora Baikie
Letter Bag- 
Wards of Snug Harbour- 
John Montague- Isaac (Ike) Rich

Front cover: Effie (Trimm) Buckle, English Point – 1976. D.J. Saunders photo.

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]]> Vol. 20, No. 1 https://themdays.com/product/vol-20-no-1/ Thu, 15 Sep 1994 04:00:46 +0000 http://209.240.156.91/wordpress/?post_type=product&p=458 The Blazing building, A nurse, a young student and maids lost all. Charles Stanley Knapp M. D. was in Battle Harbour for 15 months. George Poole is sorry for not bothering dates for his 50 years in Labrador. Boase's father and mother Matilda, made good parents. Labrador is poem by Edmund John Wornell. Kenneth P. Smith's dad was one of the Great trappers. Margaret Baikie was the eldest daughter of Lydia and Daniel Campbell. In 1976, Selby Mesher worked at Them Days in Fox Harbour, Labrador. Bay Rupert Boat is the Hudson Bay Company boat. The first pleasant man I met was Don Pardy, Chesley Lethbridge says. Friends of Forteau, Labrador is a poem by Mary B. Bowers. Gertrude Chubbs mom was a beautiful, helping hand mother.

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The Blazing building, A nurse, a young student and maids lost all. Charles Stanley Knapp M. D. was in Battle Harbour for 15 months. George Poole is sorry for not bothering dates for his 50 years in Labrador. Boase’s father and mother Matilda, made good parents. Labrador is poem by Edmund John Wornell. Kenneth P. Smith’s dad was one of the Great trappers. Margaret Baikie was the eldest daughter of Lydia and Daniel Campbell. In 1976, Selby Mesher worked at Them Days in Fox Harbour, Labrador. Bay Rupert Boat is the Hudson Bay Company boat. The first pleasant man I met was Don Pardy, Chesley Lethbridge says. Friends of Forteau, Labrador is a poem by Mary B. Bowers. Gertrude Chubbs mom was a beautiful, helping hand mother.

Fire Destroys Emily Beaver Chamberlain Memorial Hospital- Dr. Harry L. Paddon
Battle Harbour Hospital- Charles Stanley Knapp, M. D.
Battle Harbour Burning- George Poole
Ittuk- Kitora Boase
Labrador- Edmund John Wornell
Austin and the Greenhorn-Kenneth P. Smith
Bear Stories- Margaret Baikie
Selby Albert Learning- 
Log- Boston Harbour to Mugford Tickle- 
Bay Rupert Shipwrecked- Edward Andersen
Don Martin- Chesley Lethbridge
Come sit on a Mountain- Jim Pardy
Friends of Forteau, Labrador- Mary B. Bowers
Susan Curl Genealogy- Gertrude Chubbs
Short Stories from Fox Harbour Area- Gertrude Chubbs
Labrador Gallery- Alex Poole and Guy(?)

labrdFront cover: Graham Chubbs and George Curl. Courtesy Gert Chubbs.

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]]> Vol. 10, No. 4 https://themdays.com/product/vol-10-no-4/ Sat, 15 Jun 1985 04:00:29 +0000 http://209.240.156.91/wordpress/?post_type=product&p=372 John Cabot became a citizen of Venice, married there and emigrated to England, taking his residence in Bristol. My Epitaph for Ecology is a poem by Harvey Mesher. Governor Sir Hugh Palliser, says the Labrador Misionary has to ask the eskimos questions on a variety of topics. Robert H. Davis been making models all his life. The 24th of May is a poem by Muriel Way. Michael Normore were building houses and boats in Indian Brook and Pinware River. Memories of Aunt Effie is A poem by Uncle Ben Powell. 19 legends were gathered by J. Garth Taylor at Nain, Makkovik and North West River, Labrador. For encounters with the French were usually affairs for men, involving raids and deeds of great bravery. Bill Peacock was beginning his service in the Moravian Missions.

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John Cabot became a citizen of Venice, married there and emigrated to England, taking his residence in Bristol. My Epitaph for Ecology is a poem by Harvey Mesher. Governor Sir Hugh Palliser, says the Labrador Misionary has to ask the eskimos questions on a variety of topics. Robert H. Davis been making models all his life. The 24th of May is a poem by Muriel Way. Michael Normore were building houses and boats in Indian Brook and Pinware River. Memories of Aunt Effie is A poem by Uncle Ben Powell. 19 legends were gathered by J. Garth Taylor at Nain, Makkovik and North West River, Labrador. For encounters with the French were usually affairs for men, involving raids and deeds of great bravery. Bill Peacock was beginning his service in the Moravian Missions.

Bears- 
My Epitah for Ecology- Harvey Mesher
Caplin- J. Garth Taylor
LABRADOR CRAFTS (Models)- Robert H. Davis
The 24th of May- Muriel Way
Bangbelly- Michael Normore
Memories of Aunt Effie- Uncle Ben Powell
Inuit Legends- Joshua Obed
Acoustina- John Steckley
Rev. F.W. Peacock- Lt. Governor W. Anthony Paddon
LABRADOR GALLERY, John Campbell Learning- 

Front cover: Inuk boy. Courtesy Edna Cooper.
Back cover: St. Peter’s schoolchildren, c. 1950. Courtesy Mary Ann Martin.

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