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Trappers -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Labrador -- Biography.
Inuit -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Labrador -- Biography.
Labrador (N.L.) -- Biography.
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Montague, Louie, 1935-
Montague, Louie, 1935-
Trappers -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Labrador -- Biography.
Inuit -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Labrador -- Biography.
Labrador (N.L.) -- Biography.
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I never knowed it was hard : memoirs of a Labrador trapper / Louie
Montague
; edited by Elizabeth Dawson.
by
Montague
, Louie,
1935-
ISER Books, 2013.
Call #:
639.1092 M759i
Subjects
Montague
, Louie,
1935-
Trappers -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Labrador -- Biography.
Inuit -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Labrador -- Biography.
Labrador (N.L.) -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781894725125 (pbk.)
Description:
181 p. : 8 p. of plates, 23 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:
"The memoirs of Naskaupi River trapper and fiddler Louie
Montague
, a 77-year-old Nunatsiavut (Inuit) elder from North West River, Labrador, recounts in rich detail the way of life in "them days." Louie has travelled Labrador extensively as a trapper, hunter, prospector, and guide, and as an employee of the provincial forestry and wildlife departments. Here he talks about his family, trapping, hunting, caring for sled dogs, encounters with Innu in the country, woodworking, and most importantly, life on the Naskaupi River, especially as this has been impacted since the damming of its source for the Upper Churchill project in the 1970s. While Louie
Montague
's story tells about and draws from the past--his Great-Grandfather
Montague
came to Labrador from the Orkney Islands in the nineteenth century--he is very much a man of the present: he still goes to the land whenever he can; he remains busy as an accomplished craftsman; and he is deeply aware of how changes to the land have affected the present and will impact the future. He also describes the changes in life with the coming of the Goose Bay Air Base in the 1940s and his jobs there and elsewhere over the years"--Provided by publisher.
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Autobiographies.
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Dawson, Elizabeth, 1950-
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