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Left to Die

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by Gary Collins


  Chaulk Murray, Hilda. Of Boats on the Collar: How It Was In One Newfoundland Fishing Community. Flanker Press, 2007.

  England, George Allan. The Greatest Hunt in the World. Tundra Books, 1969.

  Fiennes, Ranulph. Captain Scott. Hodder & Stoughton, 2003.

  Galgay, Frank and Michael McCarthy. A Sea of Mothers’ Tears: Sea Stories from Atlantic Canada. Flanker Press, 2003.

  Horwood, Andrew. Newfoundland Ships and Men: Schooner Square Rigger Captains and Crews. The Marine Researchers, 1971.

  Kean, Abram. Old and Young Ahead. Flanker Press, 1999.

  Kirwin, W. J., G. M. Story and J. D. A. Widdowson, eds. Dictionary of Newfoundland English. Second Edition. University of Toronto Press, 1990.

  Lincoln Library of Essential Information, The. Twenty-ninth Edition. Buffalo, New York: The Frontier Press Company, 1966. Catalogue card number 24-14708.

  Noseworthy, Daphne. Blue Ice: The Sealing Adventures of Artist George Noseworthy. Creative Book Publishing, 2010.

  O’Flaherty, Patrick. The Rock Observed: Studies in the Literature of Newfoundland. University of Toronto Press, 1979.

  Ryan, Shannon. Haulin’ Rope and Gaff: Songs and Poetry in the History of the Newfoundland Seal Fishery. Breakwater Books Ltd., 1978.

  Ryan, Shannon and Martha Drake. Seals and Sealers: A Pictorial History of the Newfoundland Seal Fishery. Breakwater Books Ltd., 1987.

  Shackleton, Ernest. Shackleton: The Polar Journeys. Birlinn Publishers, 2002.

  Smallwood, Joseph R. Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador, Vols. 1 and 2. Newfoundland Books Publishers, 1967.

  Thoms, James R. and Scott Stirling. Our First Thousand Years: Including the Vikings’ 1000th Anniversary and the Newfoundland and Labrador Who’s Who Millennium Edition 2000. Stirling Communications International, 2000.

  Wright, Guy David. Sons and Seals: A Voyage to the Ice. Institute of Social and Economic Research, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1984.

  Gary Collins was born in a small, two-storey house by the sea in the town of Hare Bay, Bonavista North. He finished school at Brown Memorial High in the same town. He spent forty years in the logging and sawmilling business with his father, Theophilus, and son Clint. Gary was once Newfoundland’s youngest fisheries guardian. He managed log drives down spring rivers for years, spent seven seasons driving tractor-trailers over ice roads on the Beaufort Sea of Canada’s Western Arctic, and has been involved in the crab, lobster, and cod commercial fisheries.

  Gary’s writing career began when he was asked to write eulogies for deceased friends and family. Now a critically acclaimed author, he has written nine books, including the children’s illustrated book What Colour is the Ocean?, which he co-wrote with his granddaughter, Maggie Rose Parsons. That book won an Atlantic Book Award: The Lillian Shepherd Memorial Award for Excellence in Illustration. His book Mattie Mitchell: Newfoundland’s Greatest Frontiersman has been adapted for film.

  Gary Collins is Newfoundland and Labrador’s favourite storyteller, and today he is known all over the province as “the Story Man.” His favourite pastimes are reading, writing, and playing guitar at his log cabin. He lives in Hare Bay, Newfoundland, with his wife, the former Rose Gill. They have three children and three grandchildren.

  INDEX

  Adventure 308

  Africa 181

  Akpatok Island 41

  Amundsen, Roald Engelbregt Gravning 242

  Anderson, John 85

  Andrews, Stanley 300

  Anguille Mountains 241

  Antarctic 242

  Antle, John 89, 90, 95-98, 105, 106, 120-123, 127, 140, 189, 200, 201, 227

  Appalachian Mountains 71

  Arctic 21, 40, 41, 45, 55, 57, 68-71, 93, 94, 101, 107, 112, 136, 251, 279, 283, 302, 310

  Arctic 93

  Arendal, Norway 241

  Atlantic engine 28

  Atlantic Ocean 26, 36, 42, 44, 46, 49, 64, 66, 70-72, 78, 85, 87, 128, 137, 179, 180, 291

  Aurora 116, 192

  Baccalieu Island 190, 194, 307, 317

  Baffin Bay 41

  Baffin Current 42

  Baffin Island 93, 94

  Baine Johnston and Company 191, 229

  Baldwin, Peter 85

  Banks Island 93

  Barbour, George 117, 191-194

  Barbour, Sam 118

  Barbour’s Tickle 56

  Barents Sea 87

  Basque 72

  Battle Harbour 70, 71

  Bay de Verde 194

  Bay of Fundy 202

  Bay of God’s Mercy 93

  Bay Roberts 120, 231, 273, 319

  Beaufort, Francis 105

  Beaufort scale 105

  Beaufort Sea 93

  Bellaventure 273-276, 298-308, 323

  Belle Isle 71, 72

  Beothic 93, 178, 307, 309

  Beothuk 135, 136

  Best, Abram 254

  Bird Island Cove 43

  Black River 129

  Bonaventure 197, 232, 276, 303

  Bonavista 101, 120, 189, 190, 200, 261, 291, 300, 306, 309, 319

  Bonavista Bay 23, 43, 52, 62, 75, 108, 113, 116, 139, 205, 228-230, 235, 255, 311, 317

  Bonavista North 106, 287

  Bonavista Peninsula 116

  Borchgrevink, C. E. 242

  Bowring Brothers 103, 188

  Branchy Rock 113

  Brigus 242

  Britannia 90, 129

  British Admiralty 90

  British Empire 90

  Brookfield 163, 228, 255

  Brooklyn 13

  Brown, Cassie 18, 19

  Brown, Robert 109

  Bungay, Jacob 120, 236, 245, 300

  Butchers Cove 75

  Button Island 70

  Cabot Island 117, 118

  Canada 13, 41, 85, 93, 202

  Cape Bauld 43, 70

  Cape Bonavista 43, 113, 178, 189, 194, 233, 263, 282

  Cape Breton 43, 202

  Cape Farewell 42

  Cape Freels 51, 108, 111, 121, 130, 135, 309

  Cape Hatteras 42

  Cape Kakkiviak 41

  Cape Norman 70

  Cape North 42, 49, 202

  Cape Onion 70

  Cape Pine 43, 243

  Cape Ray 241, 242

  Cape Sable 202

  Cape St. Francis 195

  Cape Verde Islands 181

  Carbonear 253, 259, 300, 306

  Carpenter, George 293

  Cartier, Jacques 136

  Catalina 78, 121, 122, 316

  Cat Harbour 306

  Charleston 85

  Chaulk, Delilah 122, 316

  Chaulk, Theophilus “Theo” “Offie” 121, 122, 140, 201, 206, 234, 266, 279-282, 292, 293, 304, 316

  Chesapeake Bay 201

  Christianity 12, 22, 41, 324

  Christmas 53, 56-60, 62, 64, 257

  Church of England 23

  Clarenville 11, 78, 101

  Clarke, George 242, 243

  Collins, Alice 17

  Collins, Fred 109, 110, 231, 287

  Collins, Jesse 16, 17, 23, 24, 26-28, 30-35, 37, 38, 59, 109, 110, 150, 185, 187, 190, 205, 206, 231, 233, 237, 256, 257, 266-268, 276, 279, 286, 287, 292, 299, 319, 322

  Collins, Pearl 322

  Collins, Rose (Gill) 11, 15, 16, 315, 316

  Conception Bay 242, 317

  Connors, Thomas J. 243

  Conway, Ambrose 252, 253

  Cook’s Harbour 70

  Cooper, Tobias “Tobe” 205, 206, 226, 261, 262

  Cornwall 129

  Cranford, Garry
18

  Cranford, Jerry 18

  Cranford, Margo 18

  Crewe, Albert John 45-48, 60, 61, 101-103, 106, 126, 127, 141, 161, 162, 167, 171, 189, 206, 234, 237, 262-265, 282, 284-286, 295, 304

  Crewe, Benjamin “Ben” 46, 47

  Crewe, Mary 45, 47, 48, 60, 61, 161, 171, 190, 264, 282-284, 286

  Crewe, Reuben 45-48, 60, 61, 101, 161, 166-169, 171, 172, 190, 205, 206, 234, 237, 262-265, 282, 284-286, 295, 304

  Crystal Crown stove 126

  Cuba 85

  Cuff, Daniel 124

  Dalton, Jacob “Jake” 122, 123, 150, 201, 206, 234, 239, 266, 279-282, 285, 286, 290, 292, 293, 302, 316

  Dawson, Thomas 120, 219, 231, 235-240, 244, 319

  Death on the Ice 18, 19

  Defoe, Daniel 105

  Diana 137, 308

  Doting Cove 13, 51, 52, 61, 108, 124, 126, 127, 267-269

  Dover 75

  Dowding, Henry “Harry” 54, 274, 275, 306

  Dundee Shipbuilding Company 118

  Eagle 109, 115-117, 119, 308

  Easton, Job 35, 237, 291

  Eclipse Sound 94

  Ellesmere Island 41

  Elliston 43, 44, 47, 49, 59, 78, 101, 122, 126, 234, 241, 282, 284, 295, 297, 303, 309

  Ellis, William 43

  England 88, 129

  Escape Point 135

  Europe 36, 41, 43, 64, 72, 87, 88, 136, 180, 229

  Evans, William “Bill” 261

  Exploits River 51

  Fair Island 109, 110, 313

  Farquhar, James Augustus 85

  Flanker Press 18

  Florizel 103, 121, 128, 177-179, 183, 188, 197, 232, 252, 254, 303, 306

  Flowers Island 118, 119, 141, 229

  Fogo 119, 120, 122

  Fogo Island 119-121, 194

  Foxe Basin 41

  France 72, 243

  Funk Island 130, 135-137, 139, 166, 178, 183, 189

  Gambo 75, 77, 78

  Gaulton, Garland 255, 256

  Golden Glow flour 84

  Gooseberry Islands 113

  Goulds 291

  Graham, Billy 149, 325

  Grand Banks 42

  Green Bay 139

  Green, Charles W. 90-94, 105, 112, 113, 116, 118, 120, 121, 142, 174, 182-184, 186, 226, 227, 248, 249, 298, 299, 305, 308, 317

  Greenland 41, 42, 87, 93, 180

  Greenland 56, 116, 117, 166, 172, 191-195, 237, 239, 292, 306

  Greenspond 28, 30, 33-36, 78, 82, 83, 114, 117, 237, 291, 297, 301

  Greenspond Island 33

  Greenspond Tickle 110

  Gulf of Mexico 42, 180

  Gulf of St. Lawrence 42, 46, 49, 70-72, 89, 167, 241, 242

  Hannie and Bennie 229

  “Hard Times” 172

  Hare Bay 12, 16-18, 52, 62, 75-77, 325

  Harlaw 101, 167-170, 263, 284, 323

  Harry’s Ground 113

  Harvey, Alick J. 129

  Harvey and Company 37, 86, 91, 104, 129, 130, 218, 243, 307, 309

  Hatton Headland 70

  Hearn, Patrick 303

  Hebron 70

  Hiscock, John 300

  Hispaniola 181

  Holloway, Joshua 28, 30, 31, 34, 109, 110, 206, 231, 233, 234, 287, 288, 316

  Holloway, Maryann 58, 59

  Holloway, Phillip “Phil” 23-25, 28-32, 34-38, 58, 59, 109, 110, 163-165, 206, 231, 286, 287, 306

  Horwood, Samuel 253-255

  Hounsell, John 311-314

  Howell, James 54, 56, 306

  Howell, Mark 56

  Howlett, John J. 291

  Hudson’s Bay 41

  Hudson Strait 41

  Îles de la Madeleine (Magdeline Islands) 42, 49, 167, 202

  Indian Gulch 135

  Inuit 87

  Ireland 44, 191

  Janes, Robert 93, 94

  Jellyfish Cove 72

  Jensen, Bernard 242

  Jones, Sidney “Sid” 120, 245, 274-276

  Jordon, Henry 306

  Jordon, Stephen 259, 261, 262, 300

  Jordon, Thomas “Tom” 257, 259

  Kane Basin 41

  Kean, Abram “Abe” 35, 37, 54, 55, 90, 92, 103, 116, 119, 127, 151, 174, 176-179, 183, 187-189, 192, 194, 195, 200, 206, 228, 229, 231, 234, 237, 239, 240, 252, 254, 255, 259, 260, 276, 281, 286, 292, 298, 300, 301, 303, 306, 311-314, 316-321, 324

  Kean, Eli 303

  Kean, Joseph “Joe” 103, 121, 128, 155, 178, 179

  Kean, Samuel 255

  Kean’s Island 119

  Kean, Westbury “Wes” 37-39, 54, 55, 59, 83, 90-92, 95, 98, 103, 104, 107, 110, 112-114, 116, 118-122, 128, 130, 133, 139, 152, 155, 173, 174, 176-179, 183, 184, 186, 189, 190, 197, 200, 201, 206, 225-228, 230, 231, 240, 246, 248, 249, 262, 297, 300, 301, 306, 320, 321, 324

  Keels, John 309

  Kikkertavak Island 41

  King George V 90

  Kite 93

  Labrador 70, 71, 80, 191, 317

  Labrador Current 42, 71, 72, 180

  Labrador Sea 41, 42, 70, 71

  Lamb, Peter 88, 89, 94, 95, 127, 141, 172, 189, 266, 304

  Lancaster 200, 239

  Lancaster Sound 41

  Landing Rock 135

  L’Anse aux Meadows 72

  Little Cabot Island 117

  Little Catalina 121, 122, 150, 234, 282, 293, 297, 303, 316, 323

  Locke, David 306

  Lundrigan, John 89, 95, 127

  Marconi, Guglielmo 129

  Martin, Charlie 295

  Martin, William J. “Bill” 251, 252

  McCarthy, Richard 259

  McClure Sound 93

  Melindy, Ezra 306

  Melville Island 93

  Methodism 43, 323

  Morgan, James 252-254

  Morris, Edward 90

  Mouland, Art 306

  Mouland, Arthur 120, 200, 239, 274, 291, 300, 306

  Mouland, Cecil 11-17, 19, 51, 52, 61-63, 108, 124-126, 128, 141, 148, 149, 161, 166, 172, 177, 189, 200, 220, 266-269, 276, 289, 290, 315, 324, 325

  Mouland, Elias 274, 300

  Mouland, Jessie (Collins) 12, 13, 16, 52, 61-63, 127, 149, 189, 267-270, 289, 325

  Mouland, Ralph 108, 124, 220

  Muddy Point 51

  Murray, Michael 306

  Nachvak Fjord 41

  Neptune 93, 94

  Newfoundland Sealing Company Ltd. 85

  New Harbour 35, 39, 318

  Newnes, George 242

  Newport 16, 17, 23, 24, 33, 35-39, 57, 109, 110, 233, 234, 267, 306

  Newtown 53, 54, 56, 107, 117, 120, 236, 274, 292, 300, 316

  New York 13, 201

  New York, Newfoundland and Halifax Steamship Company 167

  Nobel Prize 129

  North America 40, 72, 201

  Northern Hemisphere 136, 142, 180

  Northwest Territories 93

  Notch, The (The Narrows) 64-66, 68, 90, 104, 105, 179, 307, 308

  Notre Dame Bay 51, 75, 78, 108, 139, 306

  Nova Scotia 43, 49, 85, 202

  Old Harry 113

  Parsons, Abraham 273, 274

  Paul’s Island 311, 313, 314

  Payne, Hedley 237, 291

  Pear, William 238, 244-246, 250, 251, 291

  Philadelphia 201

  Pickett, Jonas 109

  Pistolet Bay 70

  Placentia Bay 89, 127, 129

  Pollux 241

  Pond Inlet 93

  Pond Tickl
e 33

  Pool’s Island 110

  Port au Port Peninsula 241

  Portia 243

  Pouch Cove 257, 306

  Pound Cove 107, 300

  Quebec 85

  Quirpon 70

  Randell, Isaac Robert 155, 298, 299, 301, 303, 306

  Randell, Joseph 291

  Random Island 129

  Ranger 137

  Rangoon Beans 84

  Red Bay 72

  Red Island 89, 127

  Robinson Crusoe 105

  Royal Household flour 84

  Russell, Samuel 300, 319

  Ryan’s Bay 70

  Ryan, Thomas 291, 292

  Sable Island 43, 49

  Saglek Bay 41

  Sagona 114, 118, 119

  Sahara Desert 181

  St. Andrew 121, 184

  St. Anthony 174

  St. Bride’s 252

  St. George’s Bay 241

  St. John’s 12, 13, 16, 31, 34, 36, 37, 39, 45, 47, 64, 66, 75-78, 80, 81, 86, 89, 95, 101, 102, 104, 109, 113, 118, 122, 123, 127, 139, 161, 162, 167, 178, 190, 191, 194, 195, 200, 214, 215, 224, 229, 242, 245, 251, 254, 264, 303, 306-309, 319, 323, 325

  St. Lawrence River 85

  St. Mary’s Bay 86, 243

  St. Paul Island 42, 167, 169, 170, 202

  Saint-Pierre and Miquelon 243

  Salt Water Pond 24, 25, 28

  Salvation Army 51, 52, 289

  Savage Cove 70

  Sawyer, Tom 52

  Scotland 118, 167

  Scott, Robert Falcon 242

  Seamen’s Institute 309

  Seldom 119

  Shackleton, Ernest Henry 242

  Shamblers Cove 110, 301

  Shanawdithit 136

  Sheppard, Mark 254

  Signal Hill 129, 307

  Silver Fox Island 109

  South America 181

  South Carolina 201

  Southern Cross 89, 241-243

  Spain 72, 323

  Spanish-American War 85

  Squires, Henry 300

  Squires, Lemuel 236-238

  Stephano 103, 121, 128, 151, 162, 174, 175, 177, 179, 183, 184, 187-190, 197-199, 202, 203, 205, 206, 227, 228, 230-240, 244, 249, 251-257, 261, 262, 271, 276, 279, 284, 287, 289, 292, 299, 300, 303, 305, 306, 320, 321

  Strait of Belle Isle 42, 70-72

  Sturge’s Island 119

  Templeman 53, 56, 107, 274, 306

  Tiller, Cecil 292

  Tippett, Abel 293-295

  Tippett, Edward 155, 293-295

  Tippett, Norman 153, 154, 293-295

  Tippett, William J. 153, 154, 293, 294

  Tizzard, John 226

 

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