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The Lobster Plug Story in West Pubnico

 
Réal d'Entremont splitting pine blocks with a large knife and a mallet.
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Lobster peg shavings
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Paulin d'Eon cutting pegs in 1989.
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A purchase order for pegs from St.John Newfoundland fisheries.
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A letter requesting plugs, from Lingan ,Cape Breton.
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A purchase order for plugs from Dunphy's Fisheries in Curling, Newfoundland.
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A letter from Louis H. Comeau, in Meteghan Nova Scotia, requesting pegs.
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A purchase order for plugs from Alberto Wareham ltd., Spencer's Cove, Newfoundland.
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Purchase order from Alberto Wareham ltd. in Spencer's Cove, Newfoundland.
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A thank you note from A.N. Whitman and sons, in Canso Nova Scotia.
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Letter from Young Bros., fish merchants located in Tiverton, Nova Scotia
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The pegs were shipped in many different ways, this is a statement from CN rail.
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A bus tag that was put on boxes for shipping pegs.
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Packaging and shipping pegs
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Some villagers chose to ship boxes of plugs by Thompson's trucking company.
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Benoit Pothier created a lobster plug making machine.
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Benoit and his wife Julia made plugs for a living for several years.
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Machine made lobster plugs.
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