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The Hitch-Hiker Is Intended to Provide Information Which Beginning Adult Readers Can Read and Understand
CONTENTS: Foreword Acknowledgements Chapter 1: The Southwestern Corner Chapter 2: The Great Northern Peninsula Chapter 3: Labrador Chapter 4: Deer Lake to Bishop's Falls Chapter 5: Botwood to Twillingate Chapter 6: Glenwood to Gambo Chapter 7: Glovertown to Bonavista Chapter 8: The South Coast Chapter 9: Goobies to Cape St. Mary's to Whitbourne Chapter 10: Trinity-Conception Chapter 11: St. John's and the Eastern Avalon FOREWORD This book was written to give students a closer look at Newfoundland and Labrador. Learning about our own part of the earth can help us get a better understanding of the world at large. Much of the information now available about our province is aimed at young readers and people with at least a high school education. The Hitch-Hiker is intended to provide information which beginning adult readers can read and understand. This work has a special feature we hope readers will appreciate and enjoy. Many of the places written about in this book are seen through the eyes of an adult learner and other fictional characters. These characters were created to help add a touch of reality to the printed page. We hope the characters and the things they learn and talk about also give the reader a better understanding of our province. Above all, we hope this book challenges your curiosity and encourages you to search for more information about our land. Don McDonald Director of Programs and Services Newfoundland and Labrador Literacy Development Council ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I wish to thank the many people who so kindly and eagerly helped me during the production of this book. -
Entanglements Between Irish Catholics and the Fishermen's
Rogues Among Rebels: Entanglements between Irish Catholics and the Fishermen’s Protective Union of Newfoundland by Liam Michael O’Flaherty M.A. (Political Science), University of British Columbia, 2008 B.A. (Honours), Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2006 Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in the Department of History Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences © Liam Michael O’Flaherty, 2017 SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY Summer 2017 Approval Name: Liam Michael O’Flaherty Degree: Master of Arts Title: Rogues Among Rebels: Entanglements between Irish Catholics and the Fishermen’s Protective Union of Newfoundland Examining Committee: Chair: Elise Chenier Professor Willeen Keough Senior Supervisor Professor Mark Leier Supervisor Professor Lynne Marks External Examiner Associate Professor Department of History University of Victoria Date Defended/Approved: August 24, 2017 ii Ethics Statement iii Abstract This thesis explores the relationship between Newfoundland’s Irish Catholics and the largely English-Protestant backed Fishermen’s Protective Union (FPU) in the early twentieth century. The rise of the FPU ushered in a new era of class politics. But fishermen were divided in their support for the union; Irish-Catholic fishermen have long been seen as at the periphery—or entirely outside—of the FPU’s fold. Appeals to ethno- religious unity among Irish Catholics contributed to their ambivalence about or opposition to the union. Yet, many Irish Catholics chose to support the FPU. In fact, the historical record shows Irish Catholics demonstrating a range of attitudes towards the union: some joined and remained, some joined and then left, and others rejected the union altogether. -
VE:Rbatl,M REPORT
,.. PROVINCE OF NEWFOUNDLAND THIRTY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEM.BLY OF NEWFOUND.LAND Volume 3 3rd. Session Number 38 VE:RBATl,M REPORT MONDAY, APRIL 1, 1974 SPEAKER : THE HONOURABLE JAMES M. RUSSELL APRIL l, 1974 ~BCIAL SESSION TO MARK THE TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF NEtn"OtJN])LANl)' S ENTRY INTO CONFEDERATION WITH CANADA Held at the House of Assembly, Colonial Building, Military Road St • .Jo}?.a's, Newfoundland The House met at 3:00 P.M., at the House of Assembly, Colonial Building. Mr. Speaker in the Chair. MR. SPEAKER: Order, please? HON. W.W. MARSHALL (MINIS';l'ER VITHOUT PORTFOLIO): Mr. Speaker, I move that the Orders of the Day be not read. Motion, that the Orders of the Day be not read, carried: MR. MARSHALL: Motion III, Mr. Speaker: On motion of the lion. the Minister of Touriem 1 a bill, "An Act Respecting The Colonial Building, "read a first time, ordered read a second ti.me now, by leave. MR. SPEAKER: The Hon. Minister of Tourism. HON. T. M, DOYLE (MINISTER OF TOURISM): Mr. Spealter, I have much pleasure in moving the second reading of this bill. It is deemed that the Colonial Building, of such historic significance, be declared a Provincial Historic Site for purposes in the future of restoring it to its period condition. It is our• hope that this will be done within three or four years time when hopefully the province will have a new Museum-Archives Complex. At that time, as I have said, this building will be restored further to its original condition and will be used as an historic site in the same manner as the Cable Station at Heart's Content will be used following this yearlll\d the Commissariat House on King's Bridge Road, as a tourist attraction. -
This Painting Entitled We Filled ‘Em to the Gunnells by Sheila Hollander Shows What Life Possibly May Have Been Like in XXX Circa XXX
This painting entitled We Filled ‘Em To The Gunnells by Sheila Hollander shows what life possibly may have been like in XXX circa XXX. Fig. 3.4 285 4.1 A time of change During the early 20th century the economy of Newfoundland and Labrador became increasingly diversified. The fishery was no longer the primary means of employment. (top left) Grand Bank, c. 1907; (top right) Ore Bed, Bell Island, c. 1920s; (left) Loggers stacking logs, c. 1916. TOPIC 4.1 What resources led to the creation of your town and other towns in your region? What problems are associated with one-industry towns? Introduction European settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador you will recall from your study of chapter three, to was originally driven by demand for saltfish that was compensate for declining harvests per person, fishers exported to southern Europe and the British West sought new fishing grounds, such as those in Labrador, Indies. By the mid-1800s, however, several problems and took advantage of new technologies, such as cod arose that limited the ability of the fishery to remain traps, which increased their ability to catch more fish the primary economic activity. Recognizing this, the in less time. Newfoundland government began to look for ways to diversify the economy. The second problem was the decrease in the cod biomass off Newfoundland and Labrador. One factor which contributed to this was a period of lower ocean Changes in the Fishery productivity – this means the rate of cod reproduction thus, many people lost an additional source of income. During the nineteenth century, the resident population was lower than in previous centuries. -
Debates of the Newfoundland House of Assembly, 1933
Debates of the Newfoundland House of Assembly, 1933 April 10, 1933 3 Monday, April 10, 1933 His Excellency Sir John Middleton, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the Colony of Newfoundland and its Dependencies, by His Proclamation, bearing date the sixth day of May last, having dissolved the late General Assembly; and His Excellency, Admiral David Murray Anderson, Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Member of the Royal Victorian Order, Governor and Commander-in- Chief in and over Our said Colony of Newfoundland and its Dependencies, by His Proclamation, bearing date the twenty-eighth day of March, Anno Domini, Nineteen Hundred and Thirty-Three, having appointed Monday, the tenth day of April for the meeting of the said General Assembly for the dispatch of business, the following are the names of the Members returned by the Returning Officers of the several Electoral Districts to represent the said Districts in the General Assembly: Joseph Moore, Esquire, for the District of White Bay. Roland G. Starkes, Esquire, for the District of Green Bay. Hon. Kenneth M. Brown, for the District of Grand Falls. Norman Gray, Esquire, for the District of Twillingate. Harold J. Earle, Esquire, for the District of Fogo. Hon. William C. Winsor, for the District of Bonavista North. Herman W. Quinton, Esquire, for the District of Bonavista South. -
Joseph Roberts Smallwood: a Biographical Sketch, 1900–1934
Joseph Roberts Smallwood: A Biographical Sketch, 1900–1934 Melvin Baker and Peter Neary Joseph Roberts Smallwood was, and remains, a man of myth — myth of his own making and myth made by others, both friend and enemy. During his long career in Newfoundland politics — he led the cam- paign for union with Canada and was then the first premier of the new province, serving from 1 April 1949 to 18 January 1972 — he used his literary, rhetorical, and theatrical skills to create a distinct and cele- brated persona. Known, variously, as “Joe,” “Joey,” “J.R. Smallwood,” and “J.R.S./JRS,” he was sometimes referred to in his late years as “the little fellow from Gambo.”1 He told his own story in his 1973 autobi- ography, I Chose Canada. Dashed off immediately following his long premiership and published by Macmillan Canada, it ran to 600 pages and capitalized on his national prominence and on his fluency as a writer. While he was still alive, he became a stage character in a one- man show performed by actor Kevin Noble. In the title of his widely read 1968 biography of the Newfoundland leader, Richard Gwyn dubbed him “the unlikely revolutionary.”2 The satirist Ray Guy, whose career was largely built on attacking Smallwood, mocked him, to great advantage, as “the only living father of Confederation,” a moniker con- tracted to the disparaging “O.L.F.”3 In his 1989 biography Joey, Har- old Horwood, who had served in Smallwood’s cabinet only to become an unrelenting and scathing journalistic opponent, described him as “the most loved, feared, and hated of Newfoundlanders.”4 In 1998, the writer Wayne Johnson moved Smallwood into the realm of fiction in 354 newfoundland and labrador studies, 33, 2 (2018) 1719-1726 NLS_33.2_4pp.indd 354 2019-01-17 12:22 PM Joseph Roberts Smallwood his highly successful novel The Colony of Unrequited Dreams (eventual- ly adapted for the stage by Robert Chafe). -
History of Newfoundland and Labrador Summary Chronology of Events
Royal Commission on Renewing and Strengthening Our Place in Canada History of Newfoundland and Labrador Summary Chronology of Events By: Dr. Melvin Baker March 2003 The views expressed herein are solely those of the author and do not necessarily refl ect those of the Royal Commission on Renewing and Strengthening Our Place in Canada. History of Newfoundland and Labrador Summary Chronology of Events Pre-1949 c. 7000 B.C. Stone Age Indians (Maritime Archaic Indians) moved into Labrador from the south shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence and by 3000 B.C. had moved to the Island of Newfoundland. Based on archaeological evidence, by 1200 B.C. they had disappeared from the Island, but had survived longer in Labrador. c. 1800 B.C. Palaeo-eskimos moved into Labrador having crossed to the high Arctic and Greenland from Siberia across the Bering Strait about 2500 B.C. c. 800 B.C. Palaeo-eskimos (Groswater Palaeo-eskimos) moved to the Island of Newfoundland. c. 600 B.C. Dorset Palaeo-eskimos arrived in Labrador and into Newfoundland about 1.A.D. remaining on the Island until about 800 A.D. when they either moved off the Island or became extinct. By c.1400 A.D. they had left northern Labrador. c. 1000 A.D. Viking settlement established at L’Anse aux Meadows; abandoned within a decade of its establishment. c. 1000 A.D. Historical and archeological evidence indicates that the Bethouks were already living in Newfoundland at the time that Viking explorers arrived. The Beothuks are considered the aboriginal people of the Island of Newfoundland and were Algonkian-speaking hunter-gatherers. -
The Confederation of Newfoundland and Canada, 1945-1949
Royal Commission on Renewing and Strengthening Our Place in Canada Falling into the Canadian Lap: The Confederation of Newfoundland and Canada, 1945-1949 By: Melvin Baker March 2003 The views expressed herein are solely those of the author and do not necessarily refl ect those of the Royal Commission on Renewing and Strengthening Our Place in Canada. Contents Introduction ........................................................................................................................33 Newfoundland in the North Atlantic World............................................................33 Commission of Government..........................................................................................34 Atlantic Bastion in Defence of the Atlantic Triangle............................................35 Omission of Government? .............................................................................................36 The British Waypoint to Confederation ...................................................................37 Enter the Canadian Wolf ...............................................................................................38 Convergence of Interests ................................................................................................39 The Streets of Montreal ..................................................................................................41 The Barrelman of Confederation................................................................................42 The Political Maverick....................................................................................................43 -
Joseph Roberts Smallwood: a Biographical Sketch, 1900–1934 Melvin Baker and Peter Neary
Document generated on 09/29/2021 7:38 p.m. Newfoundland and Labrador Studies Joseph Roberts Smallwood: A Biographical Sketch, 1900–1934 Melvin Baker and Peter Neary Volume 33, Number 2, 2018 URI: https://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1058077ar DOI: https://doi.org/10.7202/1058077ar See table of contents Publisher(s) Faculty of Arts, Memorial University ISSN 1719-1726 (print) 1715-1430 (digital) Explore this journal Cite this article Baker, M. & Neary, P. (2018). Joseph Roberts Smallwood: A Biographical Sketch, 1900–1934. Newfoundland and Labrador Studies, 33(2). https://doi.org/10.7202/1058077ar All Rights Reserved ©, 2019 Newfoundland and Labrador Studies This document is protected by copyright law. Use of the services of Érudit (including reproduction) is subject to its terms and conditions, which can be viewed online. https://apropos.erudit.org/en/users/policy-on-use/ This article is disseminated and preserved by Érudit. Érudit is a non-profit inter-university consortium of the Université de Montréal, Université Laval, and the Université du Québec à Montréal. Its mission is to promote and disseminate research. https://www.erudit.org/en/ Joseph Roberts Smallwood: A Biographical Sketch, 1900–1934 Melvin Baker and Peter Neary Joseph Roberts Smallwood was, and remains, a man of myth — myth of his own making and myth made by others, both friend and enemy. During his long career in Newfoundland politics — he led the cam- paign for union with Canada and was then the first premier of the new province, serving from 1 April 1949 to 18 January 1972 — he used his literary, rhetorical, and theatrical skills to create a distinct and cele- brated persona.