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Mould forehook
1985
Captain Ken Saunders' workshop, Glovertown, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada

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Captain Ken Saunders showing that the plank is beveled
1985
Captain Ken Saunders' workshop, Glovertown, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada

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Captain Ken Saunders putting bevel on plank
1985
Captain Ken Saunders' workshop, Glovertown, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada

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This picture shows how much rising to give to midship bend.
1985
Captain Ken Saunders' workshop, Glovertown, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada

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Transome knee that shapes the stern
1985
Captain Ken Saunders' workshop, Glovertown, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada

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Oakum used for caulking boats
1985
Captain Ken Saunders' workshop, Glovertown, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada

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Caulking irons used for caulking boats
1985
Glovertown, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada

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'Bessie Louise'
1918

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From 1938 to 1942 Captain Saunders fished with Captain Max Burry on the lucrative Labrador fishing grounds. There he distinguished himself so much that Captain Max spoke highly of him to the Catalina firm of 'S.W. Mifflin.'

'S.W. Mifflin,' then a young and growing Newfoundland firm, offered Captain Saunders the command position in the 'Bessie Louise.' Captain Saunders took this 60-ton schooner to the Labrador fishery from 1943 to 1947. The 'Bessie Louise' carried nine and a half shares (nine men and one boy), worked two motorboats and two codtraps. A typical work week lasted from early Monday morning to late Saturday evening.

The men hauled the traps early each day. Sometimes there would be more fish than they could take in a thirty foot boat. They returned to the schooner for unloading and breakfast. About half the hands would stay aboard to split, salt, and store the codfish while the others went back to rehaul the trap.

In the first years 'Mifflin' took the fish at Catalina in the saltbulk state. Later, fish was brought to Glovertown, Bragg's Island and Deer Island to be dried. The usual fee paid for the drying was $0.25 a quintal; drying took place normally in family lots of twenty or twenty-five quintals each. After being unloaded, the 'Bessie Louise' was dried out; this process was hurried along by having the hold limed down - that is, lime was placed in a bag which was beat against the insides of the ship's hold. When the dried fish was stored again in the hold it was taken to the terminal port at Catalina from where it was shipped out to various world markets. Millions of dollars came to Glovertown through this method of fishing in the heyday of the Labrador fishery.

The 'Bessie Louise' made one trip per year to Labrador and usually brought home 1000 to 1200 quintals of codfish. Her favorite fishing grounds were Emily Harbor, Cape Harrison, Stag Bay, Iron Bound Islands, Savage Islands, Solomon's Island, and Makkovik.

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'Audrey Bartlett'
1957
Glovertown South, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada

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This schooner, 'Audrey Bartlett,' was skippered by Captain Ken Saunders from 1953 to 1958 on the St. John's to Fogo-Twillingate coastal trading run. She also did a three day run from Labrador to Conche collecting salmon for 'Job Brothers.' Her normal annual trading season was April to December when harbors and coves were relatively ice-free. A 75-ton motorized vessel with a 5-man crew, she freighted general cargo as well as such specialties as wharf-sticks which were in great demand as a result of many federal projects created to enhance the economic value of Newfoundland products carried by sea. The wharf-sticks were freighted from Main Brook to Cooks Harbor. Some of the cargo Captain Saunders delivered was railway ties for the Bell Island mine. Coasting became an occupation of the past once roads were connected.

The truck belongs to William Janes and is transporting lumber which the 'Audrey Bartlett' will take to 'Ayre and Sons,' St. John's.

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Captain Ken Saunders aboard the 'Audrey Bartlett' schooner
1957
Botwood Reach, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada

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'T. Hollett'
1940

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From 1948 to 1951 Captain Ken Saunders was skipper of the 'T. Hollett,' a 50-ton 'Mifflin' schooner built at the 'Burry Dockyard' in Glovertown. She was one of those Newfoundland schooners who saw the end of Glovertown's glorious Labrador fishing days.