Add to ORKGsquare timber. . . older residents of Gillams recall having heard their fathers and grandfathers talk of Jerseymen who once came to Gillams for loads of Square-timber - what the Jerseymen called, "ton-timber". The banks of the large brook which flows into the Bay at Gillams are fo rested with very large forests and according to these residents, Jerseymen came, out down this timber, "squared it down" and took whole ship loads away.G.M. Story JAN 1973 JH JAN 1973Not usedNot usedWithdraw
loggerThere's sawyers and choppers to lay the timber low; / There's swampers and loggers to drag it...
two numThis boat is called the _tow stemmed boat_ because the stem is very much like the stern, in ...
shore 1 nI had 17 grapnels and mooring buoys and cags and four chain shore fasts out there in that ...
ton n...older residents of Gillams recall having heard their fathers and grandfathers talk of Jers...
squared it down. . . Jerseymen came, cut down this timber, "squared it do wn" and took whole ship l...
ton nI made strong protest against the wasteful destruction perpetrated on the so-called French sho...
ton n...something less than a century ago expert woodsmen from the mainland were shipping "tun tim...
lumber nDuring the years that Father spent his winters in Newfoundland, he worked in Millertown in ...
log-loaded p pplOur people fished for cod, lobsters and herring; they grew potatoes and cabbages, b...
shore 1 n. . . after several successive years of poor shore fishing, the people..began _on their o...
clearI cleared up a very good spring work and late in June boarded the Glenco, went to Bonavista B...
rampike_Rampikes_ [PT] In the early days of this century there were fine stands of birch and wit...
rind nAlso on these occasions when they were out in the wooded areas of Bonavista Bay they cut the ...
saw-logsCertainly there was still much to be done, such as securing timber for boats to be built la...
balk nWe saw several boats passing down the bay coming from the wreck, loaded with lumber and each...
loggerThere's sawyers and choppers to lay the timber low; / There's swampers and loggers to drag it...
two numThis boat is called the _tow stemmed boat_ because the stem is very much like the stern, in ...
shore 1 nI had 17 grapnels and mooring buoys and cags and four chain shore fasts out there in that ...
ton n...older residents of Gillams recall having heard their fathers and grandfathers talk of Jers...
squared it down. . . Jerseymen came, cut down this timber, "squared it do wn" and took whole ship l...
ton nI made strong protest against the wasteful destruction perpetrated on the so-called French sho...
ton n...something less than a century ago expert woodsmen from the mainland were shipping "tun tim...
lumber nDuring the years that Father spent his winters in Newfoundland, he worked in Millertown in ...
log-loaded p pplOur people fished for cod, lobsters and herring; they grew potatoes and cabbages, b...
shore 1 n. . . after several successive years of poor shore fishing, the people..began _on their o...
clearI cleared up a very good spring work and late in June boarded the Glenco, went to Bonavista B...
rampike_Rampikes_ [PT] In the early days of this century there were fine stands of birch and wit...
rind nAlso on these occasions when they were out in the wooded areas of Bonavista Bay they cut the ...
saw-logsCertainly there was still much to be done, such as securing timber for boats to be built la...
balk nWe saw several boats passing down the bay coming from the wreck, loaded with lumber and each...
loggerThere's sawyers and choppers to lay the timber low; / There's swampers and loggers to drag it...
two numThis boat is called the _tow stemmed boat_ because the stem is very much like the stern, in ...
shore 1 nI had 17 grapnels and mooring buoys and cags and four chain shore fasts out there in that ...