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The Lobster Plug Story in West Pubnico
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Slices of pine were often dried in the warming oven.
1 of 14 		A purchase order for pegs from St.John Newfoundland fisheries.
2 of 14 		A letter requesting plugs, from Lingan ,Cape Breton.
3 of 14 		A purchase order for plugs from Dunphy's Fisheries in Curling, Newfoundland.
4 of 14 		A letter from Louis H. Comeau, in Meteghan Nova Scotia, requesting pegs.
5 of 14 		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.
7 of 14 		A thank you note from A.N. Whitman and sons, in Canso Nova Scotia.
8 of 14 		Letter from Young Bros., fish merchants located in Tiverton, Nova Scotia
9 of 14 		The pegs were shipped in many different ways, this is a statement from CN rail.
10 of 14 		Some villagers chose to ship boxes of plugs by Thompson's trucking company.
11 of 14 		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.
13 of 14 		The tiny village of West Pubnico is located on the southern tip of Nova Scotia, Canada.
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