![]() ![]() "Everybody that was in a boat fished in a boat, built that boat and repaired the boat," Canning said in a recent interview. ![]() This learned knowledge was then put into practice by building wooden boats from scratch because commercial alternatives were not mainstream at the time. The constant need for repairs made it necessary to learn about the architecture of wooden boats. ![]() In the past, a fisherman had no other choice but to build their own. And I … found out from these people that had come across from the bay," Canning told CBC Radio's The Broadcast. "In order for me to build a boat, I had to learn how to build a boat. Canning knew that if wanted to follow his father's footsteps, he would have to learn a skill that has been passed through generations. Jerome Canning, the master boat builder at the museum, brings his own history to the museum, a draw for visitors to Winterton, a small town on the eastern side of the bay.Ĭanning started working in the family fishing enterprise in the 1970s, around the time the family realized they needed a bigger boat. (Rafsan Faruque Jugol/CBC)Įven though boats made of wood are no longer popular in the fishery, the Wooden Boat Museum in Trinity Bay is carrying on a heritage that dates back centuries, and which has involved countless families. Jerome Canning, master boat builder, stands inside the workshop shed of the Wooden Boat Museum of Newfoundland and Labrador. ![]()
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