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CBC Northern Service
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CBC Northern Service is a division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation serving northern Canada. Initially radio transmission in Happy Valley, Labrador began in 1946/47 and was operated by the Canadian Armed Forces. On February 23, 1959 it was taken over by the CBC in order to reach a civilian audience and integrated into the Northern Service. In 1970 it ceased to be part of the Northern Service and became part of Newfoundland regional radio. CBC continues to broadcast to the residents of Labrador through their studio in Happy Valley-Goose Bay.

S.B. Fequet & Son
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S.B. Fequet & Son (190- -1970) was founded by Samuel Butler Russell Fequet, of Old Fort, Quebec. The business had main locations in Cartwright and Pack's Harbour as well as for a short time in North West River and Paradise River, Labrador. S.B. Fequet & Son was a merchant operation that provided hunters and fishermen with necessary supplies in exchange for their game and fish and served as a general store. Sam Fequet and his son operated the business until it went bankrupt due to an unsuccessful fishery in 1970.

Moravion Mission
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The Moravian Church, or Unitas Fratrum (United Brethren) began in 1457 out of the Hussite Wars of Bohemia (now Czechoslovakia). Missionaries were sent to the West Indies to work among the slaves, and shortly after to Greenland to work with the Inuit. The Moravian Mission in Labrador branched from the missions in Greenland and was initially attempted in 1752. On July 31st, 1752 the first Missionaries arrived at Nisbet's Harbour and on September 15th, 1752 the boat returned to Nisbet's Harbour with the news that Brother Erhardt and six crew members must have been killed, because they did not return from their expedition. Establishing the mission in Labrador was re-attempted and, in 1770, the Moravians were granted one hundred thousand acres of land along the Labrador coast by King George III. From this the Missionaries created eight districts which became the center of life for the Inuit and Settler families in these areas whose income came primarily from fishing and hunting. In 1926 markets for fur and fish suffered due to the Depression resulting from World War I and subsequently, the Moravian influence on the Inuit of Labrador diminished as they lost control of the central areas they had established. The religious influence of the Moravians, however, continues today as their churches are still present and operational

Hopedale Museum
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The Hopedale Museum began in 1970 and is located in the Moravian Mission House in Hopedale, Labrador. The Mission House was the building in which the minister and his family lived in which was adjacent to the Moravian Church. The Museum began with three rooms and has since grown to thirteen. The Museum’s collection consists of archaeology artifacts, which date back 1500 to 2000 years, and others relating to today’s Labrador Inuit as well as European medical supplies, furniture and utensils. The mission is the oldest wooden structure east of Quebec. Other structures include a church, storehouse, and small wooden huts in which the First Nations peoples of the area lived in. (www.delweb.com)

Thomas L. Blake
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Thomas L. Blake (March 22, 1843-October 2, 1935) was born in Hamilton Inlet, Labrador to Lydia (Brooks) and William Blake Jr. He kept a diary detailing life and social conditions in Labrador from 1883-1890. Thomas had never been to school and was taught to read and write by his mother who had been taught by her father, Ambrose Brooks. Thomas spent time in Nova Scotia where he attended day school. Later he taught night school in Labrador at Lester's Point. Throughout his life Thomas Blake was a trapper and a fisherman and had four wives.

George Budgell
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George Budgell (1887-1956) was born in Fogo, Nfld. He worked with the Husdon's Bay Company in Labrador for 35 years, of that time he spent three years in Davis Inlet, one year in North West River, and the remainder in Rigolet. He was the manager of a fur trading post in Rigolet during that time. He married Phyllis Painter and had six children.

Clarice Hopkins
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Clarice May (Burdett) Hopkins (May 24, 1916- ) is one of eight children born to Joshua and Elizabeth Ann (Coombs) Hopkins. She was born in Sandy Hills, married Llewellyn Hopkins and had four children. In 1955, she became involved in the 1st Cartwright Company of Girl Guides and later became District Commissioner.

Rev. Walter Whatley Perett
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Rev. Walter Whatley Perrett (1869-1950) was a British Moravian Missionary on the coast of Labrador. Rev. Perrett first came to Labrador in 1892 and was stationed at Okak. Rev. Perrett did a great deal of work translating Eskimo/English language text, and also taught at the local school when needed. Walter Perrett and his wife, Helen (Ridgeway), had four daughters, Alice, Mabel, Ethel and Edna.

Henry Gordon
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Rev. Henry Gordon (1887 – 1971) was born in England and educated at Keble College in Oxford. He was ordained a Church of England priest in 1911, and volunteered to go to Labrador as a missionary four years later. While in Labrador, Rev. Gordon’s parish stretched some 320-km from southern Batteau to Cape Harrison. Rev. Gordon stationed himself in Cartwright where he kept a journal in which he recorded details concerning the life and hardships of the people he served. His diary, covering the years 1915 to 1925, was published by the Provincial Archives of Newfoundland and Labrador under the title, ‘The Labrador Parson’. While in Labrador Rev. Gordon recognized the need for a public boarding school for the children, and through fundraising, established the Labrador Public School in 1920 at Muddy Bay.