Winterton Boat Building Museum
Winterton, Newfoundland and Labrador
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Traditional Boat Building of Winterton
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The government wharf and community stage.
1 of 19 		Unloading fish from a punt
2 of 19 		Punts,trap skiffs, speed boats and a long liner at the Winterton government wharf.
3 of 19 		Boys sculling a punt
4 of 19 		Marcus French crossing the harbour in a rodney he built.
5 of 19 		Built by Wilson, Hubert, and Charlie Reid, this completed trap skiff awaits an engine.
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Trap skiff hauling the cod trap
7 of 19 		A new trap skiff built for fisherman Tom Brinson.
8 of 19 		Fishermen and boatbuilders Reuben Reid and Herbert Harnum
9 of 19 		Fisherman and boatbuilder, Lionel Piercey
10 of 19 		Fisherman and boatbuilder, Fred P. Hiscock
11 of 19 		Boatbuilder, Chesley Gregory
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Goats were sometimes used to help pull out firewood or boat timber pieces
13 of 19 		Wilson Reid (left) and his brother Hubert (right) at Reid's saw mill
14 of 19 		Marcus French, a boatbuilder and fisherman, in his store with his partly completed rodney.
15 of 19 		Three-piece mould used to build a 16' rodney (punt)
16 of 19 		Punt and motorboats tied up at the wharf
17 of 19 		Installing battens on the hull of a 32 foot trap skiff at Reid's Mill.
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