Lifestyle
These log structures chinked with moss sheltered a lone hunter during the long season.
Tilt (Prize)
What popular spring activity among young boys helped them get ready for the seal hunt?
What is copying ice pans? (Free MC)
Fishery that takes place near the shore in small boats
Inshore fishery (Prize)
Type of line used by inshore fishermen which had a baited hook
Handline (Free MC)
The most prized product of the seal hunt in the 1800s was? A) oil B) meat c) fur
A) Oil (Prize)
Famous residential architectural structure common in the 1800s that featured 2 stories with a flat roof design.
Biscuit Box
Popular Christmas activity which usually starts on St. Stephen's Day (Boxing Day) and people dress in outlandish costumes.
Mummering
Fishermen in the Labrador fishery salted the fish onshore
Stationers (Prize)
Fish are laid out to dry on these
Flakes
The branch of the seal fishery in which seals could be caught close to the shore was known as?
The landsman hunt (Free MC)
Foods like flour, molasses, tea, beans, and salt beef were used by most all Newfoundland families to make meals. What were they also known as?
Staple Foods (Prize)
A pioneer who brought, and improved, medical care to Newfoundland and Labrador.
Sir Wilfred Grenfell (Prize)
Fishery where fishermen travel offshore in schooners, with small boats on board
Bank Fishery (Free MC)
Large vessels used in the bank fishery were called?
Schooners (Prize)
Name of the weapon used to kill seals in the 1800s (2 meter wooden pole with a hook at the end)
Gaff (Prize)
This food now considered a delicacy in many parts of the world was once considered to be suitable for only the poor and less fortunate.
Lobster (Prize)
What was the name for small hospitals set up in rural parts of Newfoundland and Labrador? Usually they were operated by a nurse.
Nursing Stations (Prize)
The system of trade used between merchants and fishermen was known as?
The Truck System (Prize)
Used most often by fishermen to preserve fish
Salt (Prize)
The name of the seal fishery that took place in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and off the coasts of northeastern NL and Lab.
The offshore hunt (Prize)
What played a pivotal role in community status, operating schools, sponsoring social events and providing spiritual guidance?
The church (Free MC)
Who delivered the babies in many rural communities in Newfoundland and Labrador?
Midwives (Prize)
Fishermen in the Labrador fishery who travel in their boats keeping their cod on board until the return to Newfoundland are called?
Floaters
Small boats used mostly for the inshore fishery
Dories (Prize)
Name of the sailing vessel tragically lost in a blizzard in 1914, 173 lives lost
The Southern Cross