More dock action circa 1978.

Hope you are not getting sick of all this nostalgia stuff, I’m rather enjoying it, nice little break from the brain swelling politics that is going on at all levels.

Another stitched photo of the ‘upper end’ of Nain then. The ‘government store’ just above the dam, that white pipe leading from the dam to a small white building was the water supply to the town. Big changes in the 29 years, in more ways than one.

On the dock we have a group of locals plus archaeological people who were doing work up north.

Tied to the dock there are some fishers admiring part of the catch.

The trap boat with the drying nets contains the Kojak clan [bottom].

Then there is a view from the dock to the church, cant gets that one now.


























Those days the fishermen and their families would head out into the bays and runs after the ice moved out. Arctic char and salmon was the main catch, some would make several moves of camps depending on the whim of the fish.

Late July early August, and depending on ice moving offshore, many families would head north to Cutthroat, around Cod Island and into Okak Bay to their traditional fishing berths, again depending on the whim of the fish. T’was a great life indeed, hard but rewarding and in keeping with the Inuit culture. Other families would head out to the outer islands and bays to their traditional berths.
Also back then the the fish plant would supply a 'collector' boat to take supplies and pick up the catch from the fishers who were up north.

OK, I can’t help it; a story breaking is just so reprehensible I have to comment.

Seems some arse holes have been hunting the most venerable of the caribou herds down in south west Labrador. Word is that about 40 carcasses have been discovered, taken in the last two months, with the choice meat taken and the rest left to rot.

The mealy Mountain herd is almost extinct, wild life people say there are only about 20 animals left, and these idiots are hunting them????

Those herds would be under the jurisdiction of two governments, NL and Quebec. Let’s hope some justice can be afforded here, but it does not look good.

Surly some one will hear about this catastrophe and DOB the barstards in if they know who did this.