Re: [Paddlewise] Blubbering on (was: One bright thing pre Y2K)

In 1979 I cycled across the U.S. and up the Atlantic coastline finishing in
St. John's Newfoundland.  The people there were wonderfull, taking me in
for days at a time during wet weather.  While there I learned that a
mailboat took on passengers for a small fare stopping at numerous villages
that were not reachable by car.  Many of these were purposely located in
isolation, since it was against British law to permanently live there. 

A few years later I read that the Canadian government was actively
discouraging people from living in these communities, since Canada was
subsidising their existence.  What a resource these would be for sea
kayakers!  Has anyone paddled these areas?  Have these communities fared
well?  


Bill O'Brien

		At 07:22 PM 12/17/99 -0600, Glenn Stauffer wrote:
>I've tried seal meat while vacationing in Newfoundland.  Easy to find in
>cans up there.  Tastes a bit like roast beef - even looks like it.  On the
>way back to the states, I heard about a marionet from Canada that was being
>sent to the US to be strung and was confiscated at the border because it
>contained suspected seal parts.  The news stories told of potential $10,000
>fines under the Marine Mammel Protection Act.  So, I had seal meat for
>dinner, lunch, and breakfast, and left two cans in Stephenville, NB before
>crossing the border.
>
>Glenn
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Michael Daly" <michaeldaly_at_home.com>
>To: "Paddlewise" <PaddleWise_at_lists.intelenet.net>
>Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 1999 7:56 PM
>Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Blubbering on (was: One bright thing pre Y2K)
>
>
>> ralph diaz wrote:
>> >
>> > I don't know about you guys, but on the 22nd I am going up on my
>> > Manhattan brownstone's roof, assembling my double Klepper, filling it
>> > with provisions (I have some blubber left over from Maligiaq's NYC
>> > visit; turns out he prefers the spicy cheroot shaped beef sticks, the
>> > kind you buy in delis; he must take after the non-Greenlandic half of
>> > his family's roots), and waiting the situation out.
>>
>> Ok, folks.  Let's see how many of you kayakers are serious enough about
>> emulating their Inuit paddling brethern to have eaten blubber?
>>
>> And what kind do you have, Ralph?
>>
>> I had whale (I know it's not PC and all)*
>>
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
>> * but I passed on the dried seal gut.  It looked as appetizing as
>> snowshoe webbing.  The dried arctic char was delightful... but you'd
>> expect that.
>>
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