One Man’s Journey
Early in my reading of Calvin White’s One Man’s Journey: The Mi'kmaw Revival in Ktaqmkuk, I realized how much I owe Gus White, Calvin’s father. The characteristics that made Calvin…
Marie Marguerite Benoit
It’s not often an 18th century Cape Breton woman makes the news, but Marie Marguerite Benoit has recently. Earlier in March, she was named on CBC radio in
Beothuks of Newfoundland
Lady Edith Blake did well at what was expected of a governor’s wife in late 19th century Newfoundland. But teas with local society ladies were not her priority. She preferred…
Salmon Fishing
Salmon fishing has a lure - for the fish and also for the person holding the rod. That lure brought several British naval officers to live in Bay St. George…
Sacred Bear Park
Forty-two years ago, the St. John's Evening Telegram ran a story about a proposed Mi'kmaq park on the west coast of the island. The Sept. 26, 1979 article by Terry…
Sylvester Joe
Sylvester Joe is one of the best known men in the island of Newfoundland's exploration history. He's also one of the least known. A Mi'kmaq hunter and guide from Bay…
Glenwood Tannery
37 years ago this month, the Mi'kmaq band council in the central Newfoundland town of Glenwood began operating a smoke tannery. A Gander Beacon article about the official opening is…
Gerry Penney 1951-2020
From Caul's Funeral Home, St. John's, in part: Passed away at home in St. John's on May 14, 2020. Gerald Penney, Archaeologist and Heritage Consultant. Predeceased by parents Simon and…
Caribou Drive
In his 1969 book Newfoundland, Harold Horwood recounts the story of a caribou drive in western Newfoundland in the late 1800s. He heard it in the Codroy Valley, from "an…
Stephen Gallant
This St. John's Evening Telegram article is about Stephen Gallant and his wife Elizabeth Gaudet of Stephenville, Bay St. George. From 1942, calculating from the month and day shown. That…