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By the 19th century AD (XXXth century CC), most of [[Wintergen]]'s small population lived in a handful of timber camps harvesting wood, most of which was exported to [[Burgundie]] to supply its prolific shipyards. Supplementary economic activities included fishing and subsistence farming, though the island suffered from poor soils and weather and a scarcity of arable land. Though some Coscivian families had lived on [[Wintergen]] for generations and spoke a unique (and now extinct) Coscivian dialect, most of the population were transient workers from [[Koskenkorva]] and the [[Great Kirav#Far Northeast|Far Northeast]] who lived on the island as fishermen and woodcutters for three or four seasons at most. | By the 19th century AD (XXXth century CC), most of [[Wintergen]]'s small population lived in a handful of timber camps harvesting wood, most of which was exported to [[Burgundie]] to supply its prolific shipyards. Supplementary economic activities included fishing and subsistence farming, though the island suffered from poor soils and weather and a scarcity of arable land. Though some Coscivian families had lived on [[Wintergen]] for generations and spoke a unique (and now extinct) Coscivian dialect, most of the population were transient workers from [[Koskenkorva]] and the [[Great Kirav#Far Northeast|Far Northeast]] who lived on the island as fishermen and woodcutters for three or four seasons at most. | ||
The 1820s a devastating bark beetle blight that almost eliminated the remaining forests on [[Burgundie]]. Desperate for more wood as the demand from timber-producing areas outstripped the local's ability to harvest it, some enterprising [[Port Diteaux| | The 1820s a devastating bark beetle blight that almost eliminated the remaining forests on [[Burgundie]]. Desperate for more wood as the demand from timber-producing areas outstripped the local's ability to harvest it, some enterprising [[Port Diteaux|Port Diteauxoise]] shipwrights convinced the [[Burgoignesc North Levantine Trading Company]] (BNLTC) in [[1823]] to occupied the timber camps of [[Wintergen]]. | ||
In [[1836]] the [[Golden Council of Ten]] decreed the Act of Economic Union, claiming that [[Wintergen]] was forevermore an integral part of [[Burgundie]]. | In [[1836]] the [[Golden Council of Ten]] decreed the Act of Economic Union, claiming that [[Wintergen]] was forevermore an integral part of [[Burgundie]]. | ||