Nain diary
Tapestry of photographs depicting the life of the Nain Community in Labrador, Newfoundland, Canada 1965-66. Taken by John Penny, an 18 year old v.s.o. teacher - COME ALONG & JOIN IN THE FUN! YOU'LL HAVE THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE! Nain Diary extracts: Nain children, hunters, huskies, people, scouts, school, sports day, wilderness, views & more
COME ALONG & JOIN IN THE FUN!

Joe & Sam Dicker's peep-hole at the wharfe, Sept 65
Дневник Nain
YOU'LL HAVE THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE!

John Kalleo & David Mitsuk, Sept 65
AN EXPERIENCE OF A LIFETIME - NAIN, SEPTEMBER 1965

taken from an overlooking hill
MY FIRST VIEW OF LABRADOR - SOMEWHERE BETWEEN GANDER AND GOOSE BAY - TAKEN FROM EPA PLANE
COMING IN TO LAND AT GOOSE BAY, LAKE MELVILLE, LABRADOR SEPT 65
MY FIRST VIEW OF NAIN FROM THE COCKPIT OF THE WASP, SEPT 65
WONDERFUL WILDERNESS - TROUSER LEG LAKE - MAIRI & PENNEY, SEPT 65
BOAT-BUILDERS

John & Wilfred Ford
BOAT PAINTING IN THE FALL

Mr. Lidd & Peter Moses looks on
EDUCATORS

Elfrieda in school corridor

Jerome Bergart, School Principal in his classroom

Jerome Bergart, School Principal

Mairi Pond, schoolteacher - going to work
ENTERTAINMENT

- a Nain lunch in the sunshine - Kate, Mairi, Elfrieda, Penney & Jerome
FACILITIES

Nain church, Sept 65

Nain church interior

Nain church from choir balcony

Nain Church from DNLA Store Amma Harris with my bag

David Harris DNLA store, Nain
FALL & WINTER VIEWS FROM MY BEDROOM WINDOW:
THE FALL

DNLA buildings, Sept 65

DNLA buildings, Sept 65

MV Bonavista, Sept 65
WINTER

Jerry Sillett's boat Nanuk Feb 66

Church, old mission house, Nain

Nain, Feb 66

Nain mission houses taken from the power house - Mairi

Nain looking north from church tower

JP at mission gate, wharfe in background

Nain's old mission house, my room top left

Looking towards Nain's power house from back door of mission house

Inside Nain's power house

Wharfe from mission compound

Maternity ward, Nain's Grenfell hospital

Nain's school from the hospital

Mountie Murray Carpenter photographing from the roof of R.C.M.P. house

Sunday School in Penney's classroom

The Seeko, Moravian Mission boat, unfortunately unusable
FISHING

mending cod traps - Tom Barbour & crew

Cod fish - Pipsi - drying on Mrs Brown's house

Fishing with Henry & Bill Webb, Mairi & Bert Voisey checking depth

Fishing with Henry & Bill Webb, Mairi & Bert Voisey near Kauk

Codding with George Dicker & Amos Fox

Mending nets on the wharfe

Webbs & Voiseys building a fish wharfe
MAIL BOAT

MV Bonavista, expectant Nain crowd, first boat of the year, June 66

Bonavista approaching Hopedale, July 66

Bonavista approaching Hopedale, Bertha Kairtok grade five

Bonavista landing at Division of Labrador Affairs (D.N.L.A.) wharfe Hopedale, going ashore with Ted Baird

Bonavista, iceberg near Cape Harrison

Bonavista, iceberg near Makkovik