Master Shipbuilders of Newfoundland and Labrador, vol 2: Notre Dame Bay to Petty Harbour

by Calvin Evans

Overview

The fishery, the seal cull, the settlement, the culture—the history of Newfoundland and Labrador has been shaped and witnessed from the deck of sea-going vessels, and those vessels were sparred with local timbers, planked and rigged by the hands of our master shipbuilders. In this companion volume to its highly successful predecessor, author Calvin Evans covers every coast and bay from Notre Dame Bay to Petty Harbour and includes all of Labrador in a chronicle of craftsmanship and productivity. Impeccably researched and contextualized, and once again featuring a bonus chapter by Philip Evans, Master Shipbuilders of Newfoundland and Labrador, Volume 2 offers an indispensable addition to the story of our past.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781550815696
Publisher:	Breakwater Books Ltd.
Publication date:	10/29/2014
Pages:	312
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Calvin D. Evans is a retired University Librarian. Born in Newfoundland, Evans has lived and worked in six Canadian provinces, and is the author of two previous books. For 100 years his family built ships for the Labrador and Grand Banks fishery, and he has a continuing avid interest in maritime history.

Table of Contents

Preface 7

Chapter 1 Notre Dame Bay-Including Bay of Exploits, Hall's Bay, and Green Bay 25

Chapter 2 White Bay and the Northern Peninsula 81

Chapter 3 Labrador 93

Chapter 4 West Coast-Southern Section 101

Chapter 5 Southwest Coast and South Coast 117

Chapter 6 Fortune Bay 139

Chapter 7 Placentia Bay 165

Chapter 8 South and Southeast Avalon Peninsula 191

Chapter 9 Were the Newfoundland Tern Schooners Inferior in Construction? A Challenge to John P. Parker's Sails of the Maritimes 205

Epilogue 237

Update on the Culture of Outports Project 241

Acknowledgements 254

Appendix to Chapter One 259

Appendix to Chapter Two 265

Appendix to Chapter Three 268

Appendix to Chapter Four 268

Appendix to Chapter Five 272

Appendix to Chapter Six 275

Appendix to Chapter Seven 280

Appendix to Chapter Eight 292

Glossary 296

Bibliography 300

Index 307