This one has it all - rum running, arson, religious intolerance, and perhaps even hints of murder - if you'll allow me my suspicions anyway! What follows is the Richards family's journey in Little Bay.John Thomas Richards married Sarah Dawe at New Ba ...
George Osmond and his wife Victoria Wheeler came to Little Bay from Tizzard's Harbour so I'd expect some ties to the Boyde family. They moved to Little Bay between 1878 and 1881 and were still represented there into the 20th century. They arrived wit ...
John William Crane and his wife Catherine arrived in Little Bay between 1878 and 1881. They're involved in the town's higher culture. They each perform at the Public Hall. Further, Catherine's sister Eliza was married to mine captain Philip McVicar. ...
In this article I'll explore St. Luke's, the Episcopalian (Church of England) church in Little Bay, and the influences upon it from other institutional powers represented in the town. The Episcopalian reverends were influenced by the Baron’s leaders ...
There was a new Sergeant in town. It was 1883. Sergeant Thomas Wells of the Newfoundland Constabulary arrived in Little Bay on August 3rd. He arrived during the town’s annual regatta but made no mention of it in his journals. He wasn’t there for tha ...
I should warn you that this starts with a grave. It’s only fitting, it’s a tragic story after all. There is a modest cemetery in The Bight where I’d walk, reading the names on the aging gravestones. That’s all they were to me then, just names. This ...
https://youtu.be/Qe9f9Me5eo0 Sources: Wells, All Quiet (2012) Romkey, "Labrador Odyssey" (1996) Moncrief, "History of Presbyterian Church" (1966) Harvey "Newfoundland at the Beginning of the 20th Century" (1902) Supreme Court documen ...
