Minas Benson Hubbard

Rob Stevens

Wooden Canoes are in the Blood
In case anyone is interested in Dillon Wallace's books, "The Lure of the Labrador Wild" and "The Long Labrador Trail" are each available for $1.99 at Powell's books
http://www.powells.com

A digital version is available for $2

Wallace's 1922 book "The Story of Grenfell of the Labrador" is also available from Alibris, Abebooks, etc.
 

Craig Johnson

Lifetime member
winter reading

I am readng THE WOMAN WHO MAPPED LABRADOR,The Life and Expedition Diary of Mina Hubbard, and when I searched this site to see what others had to say I came on this Post from 2004 that asked about the canoes. On page 103 I noted this paragraph.
In the hold were six maple paddles and two"Guides Special"canvas covered canoes, each "Dead Grass" in colour and 19 feet in length, purchased by Mina just a month before for $70.00 from the Old Town Canoe Company of Maine.
Footnote 158 says. Dickie Papers. Leonidas Hubbard had also purchased his canoe from the Old town Canoe Company.
Craig
 

Benson Gray

Canoe History Enthusiast
Staff member
A copy of this invoice is attached below if anyone is curious.

Benson
 

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Craig Johnson

Lifetime member
thanks

Thanks Benson, very cool. How did you connect it to the Hubbard expedition other than the date and shipping location?
Craig
 

Benson Gray

Canoe History Enthusiast
Staff member
Lorne Hollett sent me this copy on 4/20/2005 and said that "The original was found by Susan Felsberg while searching through university archives, looking for material on a totally different subject." Lorne is the editor of "THEM DAYS" magazine in Labrador, Canada as I mentioned in my repy number 14 in this thread. I suspect that the "Hubbard" name on the top was the primay connection link.

Benson
 
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