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#3cccJournal2TwittBook JANUARY 3, 1976: Been working in the woods cutting down trees with the fishermen of Pouch Cove, since the very 2227

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..late fall. They applied for a grant from the Canadian Government, for the town of Pouch Cove, to cut the 2228

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..lumber needed to build a fire hall and surround it with a fence made of “longers”. That’s the name the natives 2229

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..use to refer to very long narrow saplings that result from a thick stand of trees. The close growth forces 2230

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..them to shed their lower branches as they grow, resulting in the long branch-less saplings. They will be using 2231

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..them for fencing around the fire hall. I love the work ethic of these guys, Rain or shine, snow or extreme 2232

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..wind, it didn’t matter, we were out there working. One day there was a full blown blizzard when I got up to 2233

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..go to work. I told Cindy they’d be out there working for sure. I put on my warmest, windproof down jacket and 2234

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..lots of layers. The wind was so strong that I was walking at a steep angle to the road. There wasn’t one car 2235

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..to be seen and it took me over an hour to get there. But sure enough, when I arrived at the camp the work was 2236

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..about to begin as usual. What I didn’t know till I got there, was that in these thick scrub woods of 2237

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..Newfoundland the wind blows overhead, unable to penetrate the thick conifer barrier. All around us the snow 2238

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..was falling gently, as if there wasn’t a breath of air, but we could hear the howling 2239

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..and see the tree tops swaying above us. 2240

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