Pencils, eh
A virtual museum of the golden age of the Canadian pencil industry.
Several years ago, a reader of the blog sent me a couple of mystery pencils. They are marked "Made in Canada" but don't say what company manufactured them. Since then I've had a couple of readers contribute some stories and memories of these pencils but no real evidence of the manufacturer. They seemed to be a regional pencil sold in Newfoundland. This would not be surprising as Terra Nova is a National Park located on the east coast of Newfoundland. (Terra Nova is also the Latin name for Newfoundland). Recently, a reader of the blog who lives in Newfoundland researched these pencils in the newspaper archives of Memorial University and found several advertisements... one of which identified the manufacterer as Northrite. About the time of this advertisement, Eagle-Northrite was the name of the Eagle Pencil Company after they had acquired Northrite. There are a few other Newfoundland specific pencils. A very rare one is the Eberhard Faber Newfoundlander 1497 HB. A more common pencil is from Berol shown below. These also don't say the manufacterer on the pencil, only on the packaging.
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