Why NOT Settle Here? Well…it wasn’t necessary No work in the winter The commute between England and Newfoundland is not unlike the passage between Alberta and Newfoundland today!
Our Early Place “ The island of Newfoundland has been considered, in all former times, as a great ship moored near the Banks during the fishing season, for the convenience of the English fishery….”
Planters Eventually a small number of people began to stay on the island over the winter They were called “planters” If it didn’t work for them, they simply moved on to Nova Scotia or New England
Sponsored Settlement After the war with Spain in 1604, England increased oversea investments Charter Colony (Cupids) John Guy Proprietary Colony (Ferryland) Lord Baltimore These failed…
BUT… Sponsored settlement did end up being a success Ferryland has been kicking since 1621 Cupids has had some English presence since 1610
Perspective Let’s look at page 127 in our books. Perspective centers on how people view an event, idea, issue or trend. The challenge is to suspend one’s own frame of reference and instead view the matter at hand in terms of other points of view.
Changing Lifestyles Community? Not really…think work camp! Young single men Exchanged family members between “this place” and Europe
Fishing Servants Vague descriptions in history Certain it was a hard life Lives revolved around their occupation Construction phase Catching cod & processing it
New Opportunities Over time, new jobs came up for residents Fur trapping, salmon fishing, sealing and small scale farming Now our history in “this place” really got going.