Shore Crew of Newfoundland and Labrador National Historic Event
Grand Bank, Newfoundland and Labrador
A woman working with twine to make varied products
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Address :
54 Marine Drive, Grand Bank, Newfoundland and Labrador
Recognition Statute:
Historic Sites and Monuments Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-4)
Designation Date:
2011-07-19
Other Name(s):
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Shore Crew of Newfoundland and Labrador
(Designation Name)
Research Report Number:
2009-041
Importance:
Represents the centrality of women in the Newfoundland household-based inshore and Labrador fisheries in all stages of the fish curing in many outport
Plaque(s)
Existing plaque: 54 Marine Drive, Grand Bank, Newfoundland and Labrador
In the 19th and much of the 20th century, women played an essential role in the economic success of fishing communities and stations, as members of shore crews in rural Newfoundland and Labrador. In these outports, they laboured at all stages of curing cod, especially salting and drying, in addition to performing numerous household tasks, raising children, and engaging in subsistence gardening. While ensuring the daily and longer-term survival of their communities, they contributed to the abundant production of the different classes of salt cod that were needed for Newfoundland’s success in the international saltfish trade.