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This is a beautiful boat. It has a unique shape and structure. Every Newfoundland boatbuilder put his unique personality into his boats. The uniqueness seen in this picture cannot be easily defined but the beauty is obvious to any beholder.

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Men ready to launch trapskiff built by Captain Ken Saunders
1961
Glovertown, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada

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Trapskiff built by Captain Ken Saunders
1962
Glovertown, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada

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Captain Ken Saunders working on his trapskiff
1965
Glovertown, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada

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Heritage preserved trapskiff
2002
Wedgewood Park, St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada

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This trapskiff is in storage and will eventually be displayed in the new 'Fisherman's Museum' in St. John's. Trapskiffs were an essential part of the fishery for the men of Central Bonavista Bay. This, one of the last of Newfoundland's wooden trapskiffs has a glorious future: to remind us of the heyday of trap fishing in Newfoundland & Labrador.

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It must have been a rewarding feeling for these boat builders to admire their finished product. One day they were looking for curved timber in the woods and a few weeks later they were admiring their perfectly curved trapskiffs!