Vessel | A Newfoundland Wooden Boat Film

From the first instances of human inhabitation on the island of Newfoundland, wooden punts and dories have been crucial facilitators to life on The Rock. Those who called this beautifully rugged land home were able to do so as a direct result of hand built wooden watercraft, fashioned from the land and made for the purpose of existing on the sea. This film follows boat builders and people connected to the craft to learn about how this piece of their heritage is continuing in the modern day. Wooden boats anchor people to place. They are both a vessel to take one out on the water, and a vessel for the stories and experiences that define Newfoundland.

Vessel: Stories from the Edge of the World
By Liam Bursey

Completed at the University of Waterloo School of Architecture for the thesis requirement for the degree of Master of Architecture

Featuring the original music of Buddy Wasisname and the Other Fellers:
'Salt Water Joys'
'Have You Seen'
'The Bay is my Home'
'Home'
'Islander's Lament'
'By the Glow of the Kerosene Light' (originally written by Otto P.  Kelland)
'Song for Newfoundland'

Chapters
00:00 Intro
01:56 People
10:00 Place
16:24 Heritage
26:29 Epilogue

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