Sealing Archives - Them Days https://themdays.com/?product_tag=sealing Stories of Early Labrador Tue, 08 Jul 2025 16:46:56 +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 Sealing Archives - Them Days https://themdays.com/?product_tag=sealing 32 32 Vol. 11, No. 3 – Digital Only https://themdays.com/product/vol-11-no-3-digital-only/ Sat, 15 Mar 1986 04:00:15 +0000 https://themdays.com/?post_type=product&p=61379 More stories of the Spanish Influenza of 1918 from the north coast of Labrador, with an observation of Dr. Hutton describing how Okak was a prosperous and vital community before the introduction of the Flu. Also read about shortly after the Flu, many had moved away from Okak to live in Nain or to Hebron. Read about the collection of stories of the survivors and how they lived on after the epidemic.

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The north coast of Labrador and the Spanish Influenza of 1918

Observations of Dr. Hutton Missionary accounts

The survivors

Front cover: An Okak woman. S.K. Hutton photo

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]]> Vol. 44, No. 4 (Seals) https://themdays.com/product/44-4/ Thu, 10 Dec 2020 17:49:46 +0000 https://themdays.com/?post_type=product&p=55054 "I hope the theme of this edition will strike a common chord among Labrador people as the seals were a significant means of survival for all Labrador folk, as well as for the husky dogs they depended upon for many things. Huskies that were fed a steady diet of seal meat/fat was a joy to see in the old days: they had full shiny coats, were tremendously hardly, well proportioned and strong, handsome and wild. The seal and the dog are equally important and both have evolved as significant symbols of Labrador culture." - Alex Saunders, Guest Editor

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]]> These Days at Them Days – Alex Saunders

Sealing on the Front and in the Gulf – Alex Saunders

Those of Us in Labrador Prefer Seal – Anne Budgell

Hunting A Seal In Mulligan When I Was Young – Robin Goodfellow Baikie

I Killed My Share – Elizabeth Dawson

Dirt and Vermin and Nauseous Food – Anne Budgell

‘You Gotta Stay Still’ – Louie Montague

The Seals Don’t Come Here Like They Used To – Elizabeth Dawson

Labrador Gallery –

Sealing up the Bay – Clarice Blake Rudkowski

Seal Superstitions 

Stories Uncle William Told Me – James Saunders

The Wonderful People of Hebron – Leonard Budgell

The Way We Used To Live – Jacko Kajuatsiak

Sealing Short Stories – Edward Anderson

Dogs Were Good For Sealing – Harry Mitusk

Front Cover: Clara Ford & Friend wearing skin clothing (caribou & seal), Nain, 1915. Photo courtesy Them Days Archive.

Back Cover: Sealskin parka made by Sophie Lampe of Nain for the NL Museum display, Happy Valley-Goose Bay, 1979. Photo courtesy Them Days Archive.

 

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]]> Vol. 30, No. 2 https://themdays.com/product/vol-30-no-2/ Sun, 15 Jan 2006 04:00:33 +0000 http://209.240.156.91/wordpress/?post_type=product&p=545 This issue has 176 pages. Has a lot of themes, has a coloured map, a lot about arceology. Themes about traplines, hunting trips, mealy mountains, Inuit population changes, Peter Lucy's book, Stanley Mesher, family 1834. This is a story of Mealy Mountains. And a special issue. It has table of contents and photo's.

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These days at THEM DAYS – Lorne Hollett
Introduction – Janet Dyson
Foreword – Joe Goudie
Feasibility Study – Parks Canada
An Excellent Idea – Chesley Lethbridge
Inuit Occupation – Richard Jordan
Pre-Contact Archaelogy – Fred Schwarz
I’d Sooner Be Here – Hubard Palliser
Life in Akaniuapishku – Pien Penashue
The Late Matiu Nuna
Special Places – Peter Armitage
The late Mishen Pasteen
Innu Camp – Horace Goudie
He Gave Us All Four Legs – Frank Hope
Quite a Lot of Caribou – John Martin
It Was Kind of a Hard Hunting Trip – Edward Blake
I used to go in to Peter Lucy’s Brook – Bert Allen
My Grandfather, Stanley Mesher – Sam Saunders
Owl Brook Trapper – Lewis Brown
History is Made – Susan Felsburg
They Put Their Mill in Kenemich – Wallace McLeanducks
I Had a Lot of Brothers and Sisters – Annie Blake
The Body was Never Found – Malcolm Pardy
I Had a Hell of a Time – Clarence Brown
I’m Registered as Born in Kenemich – Max McLean
My Family Came to This Area 1834 – Norman Lethbridge
Nothing Holds a Candle to the Eagle – Tony Barnum
‘Twas a Pretty Good Life – Ken Martin
Huntin’ & Fishin’ – Harriet White
British Schools Expedition– Richard Bill
Over 65 Years Trapping – Ron Lethbridge

My Trapping Began at Age 7 – Woodrow Lethbridge

Sounds Carry Real Good through Snow – Horace Goudie
I’m So Glad I Took the Time – Anthony Elson
That’s About the Best Job I Ever Had – Alvin Blake
Mining Exploration in the Mealy Mountains – John Gittens
We’d Walk Three Hours to the Caribou Grounds – Dan Shiwak
I Loved Hunting on the Mountains – Perry Michelin
Mother’s Ghost Stories – Sevilla Ainsley
Walking in His Father’s Footsteps – Jim Learning Jr.

Front cover: Ponas Antoine, canoeing between Sheshatshiu and North West River, c. 1930. Photo Monsignor Edward O’Brien.

Back cover: Mealy Mountains in September. Memekueshu-nipi (Cave Creature Lake). Photo Gary Pittman, Parks Canada.

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]]> Vol. 21, No. 2 https://themdays.com/product/vol-21-no-2/ Mon, 15 Jan 1996 04:00:04 +0000 http://209.240.156.91/wordpress/?post_type=product&p=470 (Byron) Fiddler Chaulk was born in Pearl River. Flight B-26 flew from Presque Isle, Maine to Goose-Bay, Labrador. Llewellyn Hopkins was born in Seal Islands. Christmas is a poem  by Doug Bradley. Stewart Michelin was shooting some  partridges. The Ladies Guild of Mary's Harbour was organized April 20, 1955. Thorwald Perrault didn't have a big trapping area. The first time Spoffard Earle went to the country was with his dad. L'anse Amour is a small community, but the ones from there were workers.

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(Byron) Fiddler Chaulk was born in Pearl River. Flight B-26 flew from Presque Isle, Maine to Goose-Bay, Labrador. Llewellyn Hopkins was born in Seal Islands. Christmas is a poem  by Doug Bradley. Stewart Michelin was shooting some  partridges. The Ladies Guild of Mary’s Harbour was organized April 20, 1955. Thorwald Perrault didn’t have a big trapping area. The first time Spoffard Earle went to the country was with his dad. L’anse Amour is a small community, but the ones from there were workers.

I Got a Knack for Putting Words Together- (Byron ) Fiddler Chaulk
Labrador- Wilson Prospecting- R. J. C Wilson
Diary of One Now Dead- 
Jobs Took Us Everywhere- Llewellyn & Clarice Hopkins
Christmas- Doug Bradley
Close Calls- Stewart Michelin
Ladies Guild of Mary’s Harbour- 1955- Celesta Acreman
Perraults Trapping Ground- Thorwald Perrault
Trapping & Hunting- Spoffard & Bella Earle
L’anse Amour- Rita Davis
Labrador Gallery- Russell & Jane Chaulk

 

Front cover: Donald W. Martin (25/12/1895 – 03/05/1973). Courtesy Philip Gordon.

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]]> Vol. 18, No. 4 https://themdays.com/product/vol-18-no-4/ Thu, 15 Jul 1993 04:00:46 +0000 http://209.240.156.91/wordpress/?post_type=product&p=497 Davis, in second voyage of discovery in 1586, the first appears to be extensive Bay. Donald A. Smith was good looking , had two children and a wife. River streaming and flowing in the lake. Mina Gilchrist was born in Nova Scotia. Florence Michelin was born in North West River. Barbara Groves first came to Labrador in 1944. Harold Baikie was born in North West Islands in 1912. Leonard Budgell was born in an old log house at North West River carding' to Mrs. McKenzie. John Michelin lived in Traverspine til he was 15 or 16 years old. There were half dozen houses in North West River , all trappers.

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Davis, in second voyage of discovery in 1586, the first appears to be extensive Bay. Donald A. Smith was good looking , had two children and a wife. River streaming and flowing in the lake. Mina Gilchrist was born in Nova Scotia. Florence Michelin was born in North West River. Barbara Groves first came to Labrador in 1944. Harold Baikie was born in North West Islands in 1912. Leonard Budgell was born in an old log house at North West River carding’ to Mrs. McKenzie. John Michelin lived in Traverspine til he was 15 or 16 years old. There were half dozen houses in North West River , all trappers.

Esquimaux Bay- 
Donald A. Smith-
North West River-
From the Album of Alvin Blake-
The Years of the Flu- 1918-1919- Elliott Merrick
Florence Goudie RN- Florence Michelin
Industrial Worker- 1944- Barbara Groves
There been a lot of changes- Harold Baikie
From the Album of Alfreda Blake- 
Something terrible strange- Leonard Budgell
From the Album of North West River United Church- 
Man of Many Talents- John Michelin
Trappin’ was our life- John Montague
Labrador Gallery- Douglas Blake

Front cover: Florence Goudie Michelin. North West River, 1993. D.J. Saunders photo.

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]]> Vol. 14, No. 3 https://themdays.com/product/vol-14-no-3/ Sat, 15 Apr 1989 04:00:05 +0000 http://209.240.156.91/wordpress/?post_type=product&p=473 Hunting and trapping were the main means of survival in Labrador for centuries, one log book belonging to Ira Best of North West River contains their day to day experience of hunting in the cold winters of 1940’s Labrador. The first guiding company in the province was registered as the 1st Cartwright Company, learn about the beginning of the Girl Guides in 1923 with a collection of stories gathered by previous members. This issue also contains a continuation of Sketches of Labrador Life and more all about how life was like in Them Days.

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James Andersen was up early to unload the M. V. Kloser which arrived to port at 3a.m. Hunting and Trapping was survival in Labrador for centuries. The first Guiding Company was in Cartwright October 1923. Lydia Campbell was in her snowshoes, looking at the trees in the beautiful nature.

Edward Andersen- James Andersen
Hunting and Trappin- 
1st Cartwright Company (Girl Guides)- Clarice Hopkins
Sketches of Labrador Life- Lydia Campbell

Front cover: Edward Andersen. Happy Valley, 1977. Val Hearder photo.

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]]> Vol. 9, No. 1 https://themdays.com/product/vol-9-no-1/ Thu, 15 Sep 1983 04:00:36 +0000 http://209.240.156.91/wordpress/?post_type=product&p=539 Mary Oliver Clark was from Makkovik and her dad worked at the Hudson Bay Company and her mom was Julia (Lucy). In this issue is Photos of Vension Islands. There is a story by Titus Joshua (in Inuktittuk). And on Labrador Crafts there some pictures of home made Crafts by the elder's. Robert H. Davis says they went to the coast in the summer and went to the bay in the fall, which everyone basically did. Harvey Goudie says he trapped with his father and moved to Churchill Falls.

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Mary Oliver Clark was from Makkovik and her dad worked at the Hudson Bay Company and her mom was Julia (Lucy). In this issue is Photos of Vension Islands. There is a story by Titus Joshua (in Inuktittuk). And on Labrador Crafts there some pictures of home made Crafts by the elder’s. Robert H. Davis says they went to the coast in the summer and went to the bay in the fall, which everyone basically did. Harvey Goudie says he trapped with his father and moved to Churchill Falls.

School Days- Mary Oliver Clark
Vension Islands- Agnes E. Hamilton
Nane munaKalaumangata Kanollo inosiKalaumangatta (Where and How I Lived)- Titus Joshua
Labrador Crafts- Carving- Gladys Burdett
Bangbelly- Robert H. Davis
A Trapper’s Life- Harvey Goudie
Labrador Gallery– Henry Blake

Front cover: Clarabelle Green, Venison Islands, 1920. Courtesy Bob and Cardella MacAulay.
Back cover: North West River, c. 1925. Courtesy Alfreda Blake.

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