To live in a shanty or temporary log hut.
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The Kipawa and Black-River were in Quebec. Now, I- now, most of my shantying on the Black-River- |
To live in a shanty or temporary log hut. |
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Ah, and some- Dad shantied a lot on the Quebec side, up by Temiskaming, and-all-that. |
To live in a shanty or temporary log hut. |
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I'm- I'm not sure if they shantied back there or not. I kind of think he'd might have. |
To live in a shanty or temporary log hut. |
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Speaker: Right on that bridge, they met a- a chap that lived in Pakenham, he was just walking but dad has shantied with him. Interviewer 2: He did what? Speaker: He had- he had shantied with him in- in- in their young days. Interviewer 1: Edith, explain that. Interviewer 2: What does that mean? Interviewer 1: shanty. Speaker: Oh, well, they- the man in general were- were- they- if they didn't live up here for another reason, ah, they generally, the men could get ten dollars a month from the- from the people who bought up the lumber. And- and they built a- a kind of a rough place and- and had their whole group there to clear-cut. |
To live in a shanty or temporary log hut. |
