Labrador fishery

labrador n Brigus was a very prominent outport in those days, with about forty vessels all engaged in the Labrador fishery, from a 200-ton brig down to a 30-ton fore and aft schooner, employing about one thousand men and girls, besides the squatters who fished on the land in stages. DNE-cit paste on...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1979
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Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/51317
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Summary:labrador n Brigus was a very prominent outport in those days, with about forty vessels all engaged in the Labrador fishery, from a 200-ton brig down to a 30-ton fore and aft schooner, employing about one thousand men and girls, besides the squatters who fished on the land in stages. DNE-cit paste on card GMS Kam 79 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 5 Used I laborador,labradore,larbadore,coast of~,(down) on (the)~,Canadian-Labrador,~ curlew/coast/deer-mouse/duck/flying squirrel/herring/horned owl/jay/jumping mouse/martin/muskrat/polar bear/porqupine/red fox/sable/savannah sparrow/seal/shrew/ Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Thu 02 Jul 2015; northern fishery, floater 2, herring, indian, Montagnais,Naskapi, livyer, labradorman, planter, room, floater, station, stationer, larberdore, merchantable, Newfoundland dialect