Feltham, S. Dory 1, Glovertown

Dory built by Sam Feltham, 2010, Glovertown

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Braye, Crystal
Other Authors: Feltham, Samuel L., Sam Feltham was born on Deer Island, Bonavista Bay on March 3, 1928. He learned how to build boats as a young boy, by watching older men while they built boats to use in the fisheries. He built his first full-size Rodney at the age of fifteen, the same year he went to work as a cook on a vessel in the Labrador fishery. Sam also spent one season on a coal delivery boat before going to work aboard the Winifred Lee in 1950. The Winifred Lee was a coastal boat that met the Kyle in Hopedale and go as far as Nutak, providing passenger and freight service along the northern Labrador coast. In the winter, Sam continued to build boats that were sold for use at Labrador posts. He has built more than 100 boats including rodneys, punts, dorys, motor boats, speed boats, and cabin cruisers.
Format: Still Image
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
Objects
Architecture
building and construction
Boatbuilding
Boats
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_crafts/id/1731
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:ich_crafts/1731 2023-12-31T10:11:08+01:00 Feltham, S. Dory 1, Glovertown Braye, Crystal Feltham, Samuel L. Sam Feltham was born on Deer Island, Bonavista Bay on March 3, 1928. He learned how to build boats as a young boy, by watching older men while they built boats to use in the fisheries. He built his first full-size Rodney at the age of fifteen, the same year he went to work as a cook on a vessel in the Labrador fishery. Sam also spent one season on a coal delivery boat before going to work aboard the Winifred Lee in 1950. The Winifred Lee was a coastal boat that met the Kyle in Hopedale and go as far as Nutak, providing passenger and freight service along the northern Labrador coast. In the winter, Sam continued to build boats that were sold for use at Labrador posts. He has built more than 100 boats including rodneys, punts, dorys, motor boats, speed boats, and cabin cruisers. Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador-Glovertown Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador-Glovertown 2012-07-19 image/jpeg http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_crafts/id/1731 eng eng Intangible Cultural Heritage - Knowledge and Skills to Produce Traditional Crafts http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_crafts/id/1731 CC BY-NC 2.0 CA Wooden Boat Museum of Newfoundland and Labrador Intangible Cultural Heritage Inventory Objects Architecture building and construction Boatbuilding Boats Still Image Photograph 2012 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:31Z Dory built by Sam Feltham, 2010, Glovertown Still Image Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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Architecture
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Boatbuilding
Boats
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Architecture
building and construction
Boatbuilding
Boats
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Feltham, S. Dory 1, Glovertown
topic_facet Objects
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Boatbuilding
Boats
description Dory built by Sam Feltham, 2010, Glovertown
author2 Feltham, Samuel L.
Sam Feltham was born on Deer Island, Bonavista Bay on March 3, 1928. He learned how to build boats as a young boy, by watching older men while they built boats to use in the fisheries. He built his first full-size Rodney at the age of fifteen, the same year he went to work as a cook on a vessel in the Labrador fishery. Sam also spent one season on a coal delivery boat before going to work aboard the Winifred Lee in 1950. The Winifred Lee was a coastal boat that met the Kyle in Hopedale and go as far as Nutak, providing passenger and freight service along the northern Labrador coast. In the winter, Sam continued to build boats that were sold for use at Labrador posts. He has built more than 100 boats including rodneys, punts, dorys, motor boats, speed boats, and cabin cruisers.
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author Braye, Crystal
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title Feltham, S. Dory 1, Glovertown
title_short Feltham, S. Dory 1, Glovertown
title_full Feltham, S. Dory 1, Glovertown
title_fullStr Feltham, S. Dory 1, Glovertown
title_full_unstemmed Feltham, S. Dory 1, Glovertown
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Intangible Cultural Heritage Inventory
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