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The Cantwell suicides

Fair warning; this is a macabre and melancholy story.John Cantwell (1804-1889) was from Ballyhesan, County Waterford in Ireland. He moved to Newfoundland in 1824 when he was 20 years old. He settled and raised a family in Tizzard’s Harbour. There he ...

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The districts of Little Bay Mines

There are several communities in Newfoundland called Little Bay. The one I research is located in Green Bay in Notre Dame Bay. It is prominent in media from its beginning in 1878 until the turn of that century. It was the site of a copper boom and wa ...