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provide a number of worthwhile links relating to Newfoundland fisheries and history. A
number are links to general sites of interest, while others link to particular items,
essays, or sub-pages within sites. We hope to continually update this page. If you have
any web sites you would like to suggest, please proceed to our feedback form via the upper
right corner of your browser window. |
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Title: Newfoundland and
Labrador Heritage Web Site
Description: A site dedicated completely to the heritage of Newfoundland and
Labrador. It contains "a wide range of information and analysis on the history,
geography, population, culture, and society of the province." The intent is that the
general public will find it accessible and interesting. |
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Title: Paul-Émile
Miot, Photographer 1827-1900.
Description: Paul-Émile Miot took what are probably the earliest
photographs of Newfoundland. A number of them are featured on this site, courtesy of the
National Archives of Canada (NAC), Michael Wilkshire, Gerald Penney and the CMCS. This
link leads to Michael Wilkshire's and Gerald Penney's site of Miot photographs and
information. For those interested in viewing a more complete set of these images, and in
the background of how this naval officer with a photographic hobby ended up creating some
exquisite images of Newfoundland's French Shore, St. John's, etc., here is your site. We
understand that it is soon to be updated with new Miot images recently acquired by the
NAC. |
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Title: The Fishing Station
Description: "The Fishing Station" by Dr. Shannon Ryan of the
History Department at Memorial University in St. John's. This paper comes to us via
another Canada's Digital Collections site, "Placentia: The Early Years" (see
below). Dr. Ryan charts the development of Newfoundland from 1500 to 1800, from a
"fishing station" for migratory mixed European fishing crews to an emerging
Colony with a stable population. One of the paper's themes is the development of
Newfoundland's various early fisheries. |
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Title: Placentia:
The Early Years.
Description: This site focuses on a single community with a long and
fascinating fisheries history. Inhabited by Peoples of the First
Nations, Basques, Portuguese,
Jersey men, French,
and finally English and Irish fishing crews
and settlers, there is a great deal of good material available on many themes, groups and
individuals who fished, resided, visited, and/or fought here. |
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Title: 1880's
Newfoundland: A Pictorial.
Description: This is another Canada's
Digital Collections site that
explores a collection of photographs of Newfoundland dating from the 1880s. The images
were likely taken by one of Newfoundland's earliest photographers, S.H. Parsons. Organized
geographically and thematically, it has a range of excellent images depicting places in
and around Newfoundland and Labrador -- a nice companion to our own site's collection. |
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Title: Newfoundland and Labrador Registered Heritage Structures.
Description: A Canada's
Digital Collections heritage structures site that
highlights significant architecture from around the province. Search for a community or
take a guided tour of places endowed with significant built heritage (Bonavista being
one). There are many other outport communities included as well and these provide images
of a variety of heritage buildings -- from homes to mercantile premises -- relating to the
fisheries and fishing people's lives. |
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Title: The Ryan Premises National Historic Site
Description: The Ryan Premises National Historic Site is a restored
merchant's premises in Bonavista, a community which is featured on our own site. The
Premises house permanent exhibits that commemorate the East Coast Fishery and the role it
played in Canadian history from the early 1500's to present day. At the site one can also
visit the Bonavista Museum and pick up a finely crafted souvenir at the site's heritage
shops. The Ryan Premises is an important stop for anyone interested in Newfoundland salt
fisheries and outport culture. The linked web site above provides information on how to
visit the Ryan Premises. |
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Title: MI-Net
Description: MI-Net is a site hosted by the Marine Institute. It was
developed in partnership with STEM-Net and is dedicated to providing educational
information on marine issues, science, technology, the fisheries and related topics. It is
geared towards elementary and high school students but has a good number of interesting
fisheries and marine links. |
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Title: The Provincial Archives of Newfoundland and Labrador
Description: This
site provides users with an introduction to Archives and access to PANL indexes and
finding aids (in development). It presents in digital format some of the exhibits that the
Archives has developed and continues to develop based on its rich holdings. |
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Title: The
Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador
Description: This
site provides users with access to the online Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and
Labrador. The Encyclopedia contains a vast and comprehensive set of
scholarly articles concerning the A-Z of Newfoundland and
Labrador. The entire work is searchable by a variety of methods -- a
handy feature. |
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Title: Them Days Oral & Photo History of Labrador
Description: Them
Days Archives and Publications is an organization dedicated to preserving
and presenting the history of Labrador. The site found here (a Canada's Digital Collections
site) introduces users to
stories and images of "the old ways and early days" of Labrador. |
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Title: The Dictionary of Newfoundland English
Description: This
online dictionary is a most useful sub-section of Memorial University's
"Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage Website" (see link 1).
Search the entire remarkably comprehensive Dictionary of Newfoundland
English for any term from Newfoundland and Labrador's rich lexicon -- the
lexicon of "one of the oldest overseas communities of the
English-speaking world." The text of the entire dictionary is searchable
by various methods which is an excellent feature. |
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