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Woman of Labrador
Canadian poet, singer-songwriter, sailor and islander Andy Vine ( composed this song in the late 1970s. While music-making in St. John’s, Newfoundland he discovered “Woman of Labrador”, the remarkable autobiography of Elizabeth Goudie. Of Inuit, Indian, French and English roots, Goudie (née Blake) was born in 1902 in Mud Lake, Labrador. At 18 she’d wed a trapper, raising their eight+ children in the brush – her memoirs recounting life and travails and dwellings from a trapper’s “tilt”, and log cabins to a Summer lake-shore fishing house and beyond – all that comes with and from such a pioneering existence in territory that encompassed family homes in Mud Lake, North West River and Happy Valley-Goose Bay
Inspired by Goudie’s story, Vine distilled things into music – and a song popularized by legendary NL folk-rock group Figgy Duff (Pamela Morgan singing this tune with that band of pioneers in their own field).
The image accompanying the music in this video, of “The Labrador ‘liveyere’ ”, is found in “The Story of Grenfell of the Labrador”, a biography of medical missionary Wilfred T. Grenfell (1865 – 1940) – first published in 1922, and, then, digitally, in 2005 as an ebook by Project Gutenberg’s Jeannie Howse and team.
Sir Grenfell’s biographer explains that liveyeres are those hardy souls who permanently reside in the region (as distinct from folks who come for Summer-fishing or other activities, and don’t stay in Wintertime). As well, for his international audience, the author Dillon Wallace notes: “It will be interesting to turn to a map and see for ourselves the country to which Doctor Grenfell was going. We will find Labrador in the northeastern corner of the North American continent, just as Alaska is in the northwestern corner.”
And so lives and events mingle and tales are passed on – through oral and written histories. Through song.
Of musician Allison Crowe, veteran Canadian playwright, and Artistic Director of Theatre Newfoundland and Labrador, Jeff Pitcher ( says: No matter where she is in this world, that voice, that conviction, it crosses all borders. She's one of those rare artists that fits into any culture, any community because she is who she is - an incredible talent.
“Woman of Labrador” finds home again on “Newfoundland Vinyl II”, Crowe’s just-released album:
As the album title suggests, it's a song collection inspired by, and arising from, Allison Crowe's involvement with the hit stage show, Newfoundland Vinyl - presented at Canada's Gros Morne Theatre Festival, and produced by TNL.
The album celebrates this creative bond between Crowe, an internationally-loved touring and recording artist, and Theatre Newfoundland and Labrador, a professional theatre company founded on Newfoundland's west coast in 1979.
For these past three Summers TNL's engaged Crowe as Musical Director of Newfoundland Vinyl - a perennial favourite at the annual GMTF.
TNL AD Jeff Pitcher's conception of a revival of vinyl era, and more, songs of Newfoundland and Labrador put wind in the sails of Allison Crowe's curatorial mission.
It's here! says pioneering music blog Muruch, Allison Crowe just released Newfoundland Vinyl II and it's the perfect follow-up to her traditional folk masterpiece, Newfoundland Vinyl.
Of her immersions as Musical Director with TNL, and the melodic bounty that's landed, Allison Crowe notes: There is so much wonderful music - you could piece together multiple anthologies and still only scratch the surface of such an extensive and rich collection. Each of these songs is its own story, of land and sea, of people, and each story in-and-of-itself could be an entire show. I'm truly grateful that you are here to hear the story these songs have to offer. She gives special thanks to the incredibly talented and versatile casts and crews of TNL's productions for their inspiration.
Ex STALWART GOOSE 2015 #5DivSoldier #Soldat5eDiv
Soldiers from 37 Canadian Brigade Group (37 CBG) deployed to 5 Wing Goose Bay from 19 February- 8 March 2015 to work with the Atlantic Areas Immediate Reaction Unit (IRU), the Arctic Response Company Group (ARCG), the 5th Canadian Ranger Patrol Group (5 CRPG), the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) at 17 and 5 Wing Goose Bay, and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) for Exercise STALWART GOOSE 2015.
Throughout the exercise, members of 5th Canadian Division (5 Cdn Div) conducted winter survival and combat skills training, learning from 5 CRPG expertise, building and enhancing relations with Other Government Departments, and demonstrating Canada's Arctic Sovereignty through presence. Advanced Winter Warfare training included Light Over Snow Vehicle (LOSV) movements, shelter construction, ice fishing, and winter survival among the practice and implementation of other Canadian Army soldiering skills.
Des membres du 37e Groupe-brigade du Canada (37 GBC) se sont rendus à la 5e Escadre Goose Bay, du 19 février au 8 mars 2015, afin de collaborer avec l’unité d’intervention immédiate (UII) de la région de l’Atlantique, le Groupe compagnie d’intervention dans l’Arctique (GCIA), le 5e Groupe de patrouilles des Rangers canadiens (5 GPRC), l’Aviation royale du Canada (ARC) de la 5e Escadre Goose Bay et la Gendarmerie royale du Canada (GRC), dans le cadre de l’exercice STALWART GOOSE 2015. Au cours de l’exercice, les membres de la 5e Division du Canada (5 Div CA) ont exécuté un entraînement à la survie hivernale et aux aptitudes de combat, dans le cadre duquel ils ont tiré profit de l’expertise du 5 GPRC, ont tissé et resserré des liens avec d’autres ministères et ont confirmé la souveraineté de notre pays dans l’Arctique par leur présence. Durant l’entraînement à la guerre hivernale, les participants ont effectué des déplacements en motoneige, ont construit des abris, ont pêché sur la glace et ont mis à l’épreuve d’autres compétences du soldat de l’Armée canadienne relatives à la survie en hiver.
Trans-Labrador Highway Trip - Day 6 - Labrador City to Baie-Comeau
Day 6 - June 19, 2018: Labrador City, Labrador to Baie Comeau, Quebec
June 2018 - The Great Circle (actual route) – Google My Maps
- Depart: Two Seasons Inn, Labrador City, Labrador
- Destination: Travelodge, Baie Comeau, Quebec
- Distance: 587km (365miles)
- Time in saddle: Google says 8hrs and 22mins. Actual travel time for us was a bit longer; including stops, meals, minor repairs to humans and bikes, we were about 10hrs on the road.
- Weather: Rain in the morning, which transitioned to cloud mid-day, and beautiful sunshine in the afternoon. A wide variation in temps; from 5 degrees C (41 degrees F) in the morning, to 19 degrees (66 degrees F) by the middle of the afternoon.
- Road conditions:
- Labrador City to Fermont Quebec on NL Hwy 500: Two lane highway, Paved. Excellent condition.
- Fermont Quebec to Fire Lake Quebec on QC Hwy 389: Two lane highway, gravel. Terrible. We dubbed this section the pits of Mordor. It starts off next to the the large iron ore mine. For those not fluent in French, the town name Fermont... or fer mont... translates to iron mountain. The road runs more or less parallel to the railway which transports the ore to market in the south; crossing the line many times near the mine. These crossings are often S-curves with the rail right in the middle. Further from the mine, the road was noticeably narrower than other gravel roads encountered on the trip, and had many blind corners. There were also many graders on the road, sometimes in signed construction zones, other times not.
- Fire Lake Quebec to Relais-Gabriel on QC Hwy 389: Two lane highway, Paved. Good condition.
- Relais-Gabriel to Manic-Cinq on QC Hwy 389: Two lane highway, gravel. Fair condition. Less construction and traffic than noted on the section from Fermont to Fire Lake, but washboard in many areas
- Manic-Cinq to Baie-Comeau on QC Hwy 389: Two lane highway, Paved. Good condition.
- Video: Day 6 - Labrador City, Labrador to Baie-Comeau - YouTube
- Notes: Pits of Mordor. Red lakes (runoff from the Iron mines over decades), freight trains separated from the road by basically nothing, speeding F-150s, dump trucks, and the occasional haul truck. Graders and loose gravel. Not high on my list of places to return to. My buddy took a spill. He was a trooper, riding the better part of 550kms with a sprained knee. It does get better. The paved section from Fire Lake to Relais-Gabriel was a good break from the gravel. One of the most interesting things on this section was the weird section of road that used to be the town of Gagnon. Decades ago, there was a mining town between Fire Lake and Relais-Gabriel. The buildings are all gone, but the center medians, curbs, driveway cuts, and sidewalks all remain. It's a bit weird to think that you're cruising down what used to be Main Street, and there's nothing there... Relais-Gabriel is best described as a two-story shack with gas pumps and a grill. The gas was unsurprisingly expensive, and the food was surprisingly good. After a nice hot lunch, it was back to the road, and back to gravel. The washboard sections were not kind to my buddy's slightly damaged knee. Manic-Cinq is a huge hydro dam. You turn a corner and it appears out of nowhere. The scale is had to capture on the video. This is where the GoPro battery died, so I have no video of the last leg from Manic-Cinq to Baie-Comeau. Paved, long sweeping corners... begging you to go fast. Keep it reasonable though, we did see police out and about. Honestly, that was probably the first time since we left the island of Newfoundland on Day 2 that I really thought about watching my speed for fear of a ticket.
Fuel: The only place to stop for fuel between Lab City / Fermont and Baie-Comeau is Relais-Gabriel. We paid $1.779/L... gas is basically liquid gold on Hwy 389.
Here & Now Wednesday March 20 2019
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Well There's Your Problem | Episode 10: Roads for Rails - the Newfoundland Railway
Today @aliceavizandum, @oldmananders0n, and @donoteat1 are joined by @seanrade to examine the closure of Newfoundland's railway, why it was completely unjustified, and what may come in the future. Also we mispronounce words.
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Marcus Gosse-Republic City Collection (Paintings of St. John's, NL)
Acrylic Paintings of St. John's, NL on Canvas-2012
Newfoundland and Labrador Votes 2019: Dwight Ball wins second term as premier
Newfoundland and Labrador election special: Voters across the province head to the polls to choose the next provincial government and decide whether or not Liberal Leader Dwight Ball will get a second term as premier.
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