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Descriptive Title	Lewis Payne, Sealing, Town of Fogo
Topic	Knowledge of the land/water and environment Work
Person as Topic	Payne, Lewis Dawe, Bessie
Description	Lewis Payne talks about having to walk to Lewisport to get the train to St. John's, where he would join a vessel going to the seal hunt. The trip from the Town of Fogo to Lewisport was a two day trip. In the winter he walked over the ice. Leaving the Town of Fogo he would take the Waterman Brook Trail to Waterman Brook. Once there someone in a punt would come over and bring him to Deep Bay. From there he would walk to Island Harbour. From Island harbour, the closest point to Lewisport, he would walk from over the ice. In St. John's, Lewis joined the sealer 'Codroy'; he also remembers a sealing vessel called the 'Clarenville' that he did not join. Lewis remarks that he made no money sealing.
Date	2007-08-01
Collector	Power, Maureen
Informant	Payne, Lewis Dawe, Bessie
Biographical Data	Lewis Payne, 85 (b. 14 September 1922) and Lewis Payne, 85, (DOB Sept 14) and Bessie Dawe, 82, (DOB Dec ?) live together in Seldom-Come-By. Bessie is from Stag Harbour and Lewis is from the Town of Fogo. Lewis' family is from the town of Fogo, but he is not sure where they were originally from. They both are Anglican. Lewis has one child, Bruce, who is a teacher and owns a store called the 'This and That' store in the Town of Fogo. Lewis' brother is Stewart Payne, the bishop. Bessie has eight children: six boys and two girls.
Location Depicted/Discussed	Canada--Newfoundland and Labrador--Fogo Island--Town of Fogo
Recording Location	Canada--Newfoundland and Labrador--Fogo Island--Seldom-Come-By
Format	Video/wmv
Extent	02:39 minutes; 12.7 MB
Type	Moving Image
Resource Type	Video
Identifier	ICHFP00356
Language	Eng
Repository	Memorial University of Newfoundland. Folklore and Language Archive. Fogo Island Collection 2007-225
Collection	Intangible Cultural Heritage Inventory - Central Newfoundland
GPS	N49.61398, W54.16810
Topic.LCSH	Sealing

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