kayak Archives - Them Days https://themdays.com/?product_tag=kayak Stories of Early Labrador Fri, 05 Dec 2025 18:13:48 +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 kayak Archives - Them Days https://themdays.com/?product_tag=kayak 32 32 Vol. 49, No. 2 https://themdays.com/product/vol-49-no-2/ Fri, 05 Dec 2025 17:35:37 +0000 https://themdays.com/?post_type=product&p=63495 A tribute to the Mud Lake School, which closed after operating for 100 years, stories about Davis Inlet, Goose Bay in the 1960s, traditional skills, and more!

 

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]]> These Days at Them Days –Aimee Chaulk
Renovations 
Lydia Campbell Celebration 
Mud Lake School – Mary Ann Penashue, Arlene Rich, Jennifer Best, Kathleen Borlase, Margaret Saunders, Beverly Thomson 
I Don’t Know How We Lived One Time – Bella Leo
Excerpt from The Challenge of the Labrador – Elizabeth Patey
Things I Did in Davis Inlet to Help… – George Gregoire
The Wolf – Nigel Markham
Labrador Gallery: Merrill Strachan collection 
Who What Where When Why? 
Goose Bay in the 1960s, Part I – Bruce Bourque
How Dr Grenfell Took Uncle John Newell – Sarah Baikie
Tribute to Elizabeth Penashue – John Neville
Climate Change – Max Blake
Naskaupi River Thoughts (Dec 22) – Dave Paddon
Dr. Anthony Paddon – Richard Learning
Reviving Traditional Skills – Ross Flowers
Then and Now

Front cover: Bella Leo. Nain, 1970s. Merrill Strachan collection
Back cover: Ski-doo race. Nain, 1970s. Merrill Strachan collection

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]]> Vol. 45, No. 3 https://themdays.com/product/vol-45-no-3/ Tue, 05 Oct 2021 12:34:18 +0000 https://themdays.com/?post_type=product&p=60362 A classic issue of Them Days with a general theme. Stories of trapping, the beginnings of Happy Valley, Labrador West, Innu tea dolls, Mitsuk genealogy, and more. Features poetry from Mike Chaulk about working on the Northern Ranger and exploring themes of belonging and identity. Also read what Methodist missionary Thomas Hickson thought of the locals when he visited Labrador in 1824!

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]]> A classic issue of Them Days with a general theme. To know what your ancestor’s done like  telling stories about how they lived and what has been done during  then. Stories of trapping, the beginnings of Happy Valley, Labrador West, Innu tea dolls, Mitsuk genealogy, and more. (Along the coast of Labrador). Features poetry from Mike Chaulk about working on the Northern Ranger and exploring themes of belonging and identity. Also read what Methodist missionary Thomas Hickson thought of the locals when he visited Labrador in 1824! Carol Smith meeting new people in school, her dad being a teacher, then off to go and meet a new friend Carol met. Jeannie Kitura was asked about to tell her mom’s tea doll’s she made in Sheshatshui but passed away of February 5th,2019, Jeannie’s mom did. Missionary church was founded in 1771 by Reverend Dr. and Mrs. C Brasen, Reverend and Mrs. J. Haven, Reverend and Mrs. Schneider,  and Reverend L. Drachardt.

 

These Days at Them Days – Aimee Chaulk
Thank God for the Old Timers – Leon Mesher
From Davis Inlet to Happy Valley – Don Saunders
Time for a little Night Lunch – Mike Chaulk
My Pop, the Captain – Darrelle Bennett
Carol Smith of Carol Lake – Carol Smith
Family Heirlooms
A Conversation with Jeannie Nuna – Robin Goodfellow-Baikie
Kajak Shape: How come? – Noah Nochasak
Labrador Gallery: John Tucker Metcalf fonds
Who What Where When Why? 
The Mitsuk Family of Nunatsiavut/Labrador in the Moravian Records – Hans J. Rollmann
Thomas Hickson’s Visit to Labrador, 1824 – Burton Janes
Nain’s Sestercentennial
Then and Now

Front cover: Don Saunders. Goose Bay, 1940s. Una Saunders collection
Back cover: Brass band playing at opening of Nain 250th anniversary celebrations, August 13, 2021. Courtesy of Joan Dicker

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]]> Vol. 43, No. 4 (Survival) https://themdays.com/product/vol-43-no-4/ Sun, 15 Dec 2019 19:53:57 +0000 https://themdays.com/?post_type=product&p=3738 The December 2019 issue of Them Days is all about survival--from kayaking in the winter to crossing the Straits at dangerous times, to profiles on all the Inuit survivors of the Spanish flu in Okak.

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]]> These Days at Them Days – Aimee Chaulk
Devil’s Lookout Island – Melvin Hamel
Kajait and Ice: It Happened – Noah Nochasak
Trouble in Paradise – Ken Mesher
My Father Saved My Life – Priscilla Hamel
Adrift – Alex Saunders
A Comment on the Year 1945 – Louise Hammond
My Close Calls – Sam Saunders
Mailman Ernest Doane Crosses the Straits – William A. Fowler
The Journal of William Henry Elworthy – William A. Fowler
Jiri (Georg) Jaeger and the Spanish Influenza in Okak 1918 – Hans Rollmann
Who What Where When Why?
Where in the World?
Okak: The Living Legacy, 1919-2019 Okak Survivors of the Spanish Flu, 1918 – Patty Way
Hunting Trip – Percy Davis, Sr.
Labrador Gallery

Front cover: Inuk man preparing to go out in Kajak. Okak, c.1905. S.K. Hutton photo
Back cover: Sybilla Pamack (later married Jonas Hunter, and later Eli Nitsman), Rosie Barbour (Eleanora’s child, adopted by William and Regina Barber, later married to Chesley Webb), Eleanora (Pamack, Nukkapiak) Tuglavina. Nain, 1927-28. Kate Hettasch collection

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]]> Vol. 42, No. 4 https://themdays.com/product/vol-42-no-4/ Fri, 14 Dec 2018 19:13:17 +0000 https://themdays.com/?post_type=product&p=3461 Vol. 42, No. 4 is an issue with all sorts of new information. Looking for information on the Broomfield family tree? Or perhaps you've always wanted to know more about kayaking. Well, it's all in here!

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]]> These Days at Them Days – Aimee Chaulk
Contributors
A Trip to Okak in November, 2018 – Jamie Brake
Stephen Lafricain: Labrador Native, US Civil War Veteran, Fur Trader, Grand Old Man of the Montreal River – Bruce Taylor
The Broomfield Family – Patty Way
Joseph (“Joe”) and Charlotte Lucy in Ailik: “National Helpers” of the Moravian Congregation at Makkovik – Hans J. Rollmann
Labrador Gallery: Ken and Carol Drudge fonds
Who What Where When Why?
Teaching in Red Bay – Ken Drudge
Memories – Phoebe Rich
The Way of the Eskimo – Kenn Harper
Mum’s Eulogy – Dave Paddon
Imagining Them Days at Uviluktok – Nicholas Flowers et. al
Kayak Use in Labrador – Noah Nochasak and Jamie Brake
Anatomy of a Kayak – Noah Nochasak
Then and Now

Front cover: Ted Earle’s youngest daughter, Debbie. Red Bay, 1970-72. Ken and Carol Drudge fonds.
Back cover: Scenes of the school Christmas party. Red Bay, 1970 or 1971. Ken and Carol Drudge fonds.

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]]> Vol. 19, No. 4 https://themdays.com/product/vol-19-no-4/ Fri, 15 Jul 1994 04:00:22 +0000 http://209.240.156.91/wordpress/?post_type=product&p=504 First Burdett was come come to Labrador was John Burdett. Frank S. Davis was living in Table Bay in the year 1919, June of 6th. H. B. C owned Sandy Hill one day, as they did around the Bay. Uncle John Burdett had a girl named Deborah. Growing up Herman Daniel hunted seal and fowl a lot then. Jack Watts was going in the scow to Kenemich for a load of hay. Mealtime at Our House is a poem by Josie Mildred (Curl) Penny. Tom Dawson was Fish Warden on the Labrador for Years. Joan Stedman is on a dory carried on the deck of M/V Vida Gertrude. A Labrador Lament is a poem by Kirby C. Lethbridge. The first settlers came to Isle au Bois were Jerseymen from Jersey. In Memory if Sherlock is a poem by Bill Rompkey.

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First Burdett was come come to Labrador was John Burdett. Frank S. Davis was living in Table Bay in the year 1919, June of 6th. H. B. C owned Sandy Hill one day, as they did around the Bay. Uncle John Burdett had a girl named Deborah. Growing up Herman Daniel hunted seal and fowl a lot then. Jack Watts was going in the scow to Kenemich for a load of hay. Mealtime at Our House is a poem by Josie Mildred (Curl) Penny. Tom Dawson was Fish Warden on the Labrador for Years. Joan Stedman is on a dory carried on the deck of M/V Vida Gertrude. A Labrador Lament is a poem by Kirby C. Lethbridge. The first settlers came to Isle au Bois were Jerseymen from Jersey. In Memory if Sherlock is a poem by Bill Rompkey.

Burdetts of Labrador- Clarice (Burdett) Hopkins
Solomon Burdett’s Funeral- Frank S. Davis
Ol’ Grandfadder- James Burdett
Uncle John- A Hard Case- Jim Burdett
Kayaks- Herman Daniel
Payday for Kate Austin- 1928- 
Mealtime at Our House- Josie Mildred (Curl) Penny
Tom Dawson- Labrador Fish Warden- Leonard Budgell
M/V Vida Gertrude Trip- Joan Stedman
A Labrador Lament- Kirby C. Lethbridge
Isle au Bois- Bessie Flynn
In Memory of Sherlock- Bill Rompkey
Labrador Gallery- Millie Ann & Tamar Burdett

Front cover: Gordie Rendell, Clarice Burdett, and Joshua Burdett. Sandy Hills. Courtesy Clarice Hopkins.

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]]> Vol. 10, No. 1 https://themdays.com/product/vol-10-no-1/ Sat, 15 Sep 1984 04:00:45 +0000 http://209.240.156.91/wordpress/?post_type=product&p=31 Read the travel log of the H. M. S. Sirius, as it visits various communities and writes reports on their fisheries and health. Read about the legend of Sikuliak Siuyutuk in Inuit Legends. Ellis Michelin writes about being the first full time gardener and farmer in Labrador. In "I'm My Own Boss" Samson Learning reminisces about earlier days.

And more!

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]]> Read the travel log of the H. M. S. Sirius, as it visits various communities and writes reports on their fisheries and health. Read about the legend of Sikuliak Siuyutuk in Inuit Legends. Ellis Michelin writes about being the first full time gardener and farmer in labrador. In “Im My Own Boss” Samson Learning reminisces about earlier days.

And more!

Them Days Vol. 10 No. 1 – 1984

  • Journal of the House of Assembly – 1873 (excerpts)
  • Inuit Legends
  • Ellis Michelin- Anthony Paddon
  • I’m My Own Boss – Samson Learning
  • The Old Schoolhouse- Edward Pardy
  • Bangbelly
  • Labrador Gallery (Cora & Herman Jensen)

Front cover: Arthur Learning, Effie Watson and Maria (Learning) Richardson – c. 1923. Courtesy Millie Michelin.
Back cover: Schooner, 1901. Courtesy Labrador Institute for Northern Studies.

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