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Excerpt from www.townofrigolet.com:
The Netloft, a Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) building built in 1876, was restored in 2001. When in use, it contained all of the fishing gear--nets, floats, leads, rope, twine, grapnels, bales of cork and all the necessary equipment for the salmon fishery that was set up by the HBC.
The actual loft in the building has 32 adjoining storage bunks built into the eaves. Each bunk held the nets for the different fishing stations (coves) with the name of each station written over the top. The bunks were on two sides of the net loft and the corridor separating them was used for spreading out nets and repairing them.
It has been restored to showcase it's original use, as well as the many traditions of Rigolet and provides visitors with a glimpse into our past.
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Excerpt from Wikipedia:
Blow Me Down Provincial Park is a smaller Provincial Park on the west coast of the island of Newfoundland. The park is located on Route 450, about 60 km (37 mi) west of Corner Brook and the Trans-Canada Highway, on a small peninsula between Lark Harbour and York Harbour at the mouth of the Bay of Islands.
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It is appropriate that I saw these caribou on the highway that is known as "Caribou Trail".
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Excerpt from Wikipedia:
St. Anthony is a town on the northern reaches of the Great Northern Peninsula of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. St. Anthony serves as a main service centre for northern Newfoundland and southern Labrador. St. Anthony had a population of 2,258 in 2016, compared with 2,418 in 2011, 2,476 in 2006 and 2,730 in 2001.
The history of European settlement of St. Anthony reaches back to the early 16th century, when French and Basque fishermen used the well-sheltered harbour as a seasonal fishing station. By the time explorer Jacques Cartier came across the settlement in 1534, he reported it was named St. Anthony Haven.
More people began arriving in the mid-19th century. By 1857, a census found 71 inhabitants in 10 families. By 1874, the population rose to 110, and by 1891, it was 139.
The town grew in population after the arrival of Dr. Wilfred Grenfell in 1900.
A salt fish plant and cold storage facility built in the 1930s and 1940s were a boon to the local economy.
St. Anthony also became an outpost for the U.S. military. In 1951, a Pinetree Line radar site was built on a nearby hill, and by 1962, there were 250 servicemen stationed there. The site was operated by the 921st AC&W Squadron.
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