LARK HARBOUR THE YORK HARBOUR BLOW·ME·DOWNER FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE OUTER BAY OF ISLANDS ISSUE 63 : 2012-05-04 NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR 2012 May 04 Friday Editor: Stuart L Harvey, PO Box 17, Lark Harbour Tel: 709-681-2256 NL, Canada, A0L 1H0 E-Mail:
[email protected] IMPROVEMENTS AT LITTLE PORT WHARF BMD photo country in 2011-2012”, with $16.1 million allocated to NL. Among other projects across Canada are “a partial wharf reconstruction BMD photo project at Little Port” and “wharf repairs at Lark Harbour” including more than a dozen in Newfoundland & Labrador alone. See the HEN THE LOBSTER AND CRAB FISHERIES FINISH in a few weeks Government of Canada website at: Wconstruction is scheduled to begin on the Little Port wharf www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/media/back-fiche/2011/hq-ac13a-eng.htm improvements; and, judging by the congestion that occurs on some days when the fishing is in full swing, the work will provide much greater convenience for all who use the facility. GOODBYE TO A FAMILIAR PERSONALITY The plan as it is set forth now is to widen the main length of the CHARLIE 1999-2012 wharf with a 10-foot addition on its south side (in the above picture, Passed away February 22 the side closest to the camera). Imagine you are standing against the little white building at the right, and you are looking along the wharf HEN I SPOKE to the harbour entrance. The addition will begin approximately where t o P a t s y the small boat is moored (slightly right of centre) and will extend W MacDonald for the outwards for a distance of about 150 feet.