Vol. 45, No. 3

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A classic issue of Them Days with a general theme. To know what your ancestor’s done like  telling stories about how they lived and what has been done during  then. Stories of trapping, the beginnings of Happy Valley, Labrador West, Innu tea dolls, Mitsuk genealogy, and more. (Along the coast of Labrador). Features poetry from Mike Chaulk about working on the Northern Ranger and exploring themes of belonging and identity. Also read what Methodist missionary Thomas Hickson thought of the locals when he visited Labrador in 1824! Carol Smith meeting new people in school, her dad being a teacher, then off to go and meet a new friend Carol met. Jeannie Kitura was asked about to tell her mom’s tea doll’s she made in Sheshatshui but passed away of February 5th,2019, Jeannie’s mom did. Missionary church was founded in 1771 by Reverend Dr. and Mrs. C Brasen, Reverend and Mrs. J. Haven, Reverend and Mrs. Schneider,  and Reverend L. Drachardt.

These Days at Them Days – Aimee Chaulk
Thank God for the Old Timers – Leon Mesher
From Davis Inlet to Happy Valley – Don Saunders
Time for a little Night Lunch – Mike Chaulk
My Pop, the Captain – Darrelle Bennett
Carol Smith of Carol Lake – Carol Smith
Family Heirlooms
A Conversation with Jeannie Nuna – Robin Goodfellow-Baikie
Kajak Shape: How come? – Noah Nochasak
Labrador Gallery: John Tucker Metcalf fonds
Who What Where When Why? 
The Mitsuk Family of Nunatsiavut/Labrador in the Moravian Records – Hans J. Rollmann
Thomas Hickson’s Visit to Labrador, 1824 – Burton Janes
Nain’s Sestercentennial
Then and Now

Front cover: Don Saunders. Goose Bay, 1940s. Una Saunders collection
Back cover: Brass band playing at opening of Nain 250th anniversary celebrations, August 13, 2021. Courtesy of Joan Dicker

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