Grade 7 Flakes were used years ago by fisherman to lay out their fish to dry. They salted their fish on the flakes and left it there to dry out.
Flakes are simple wooden platforms with racks.
The racks were covered with Spruce poles and conifer boughs. Many Newfoundland people prefer the taste of sun dried salt fish even today. Also dried salt fish was popular uncooked. You can find flakes st the Ryan's Premises, and the Mockbeggar Plantation and at other sites around Bonavista.