1. 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!

2. 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….”

3. 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

4. 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…

5. BUT… Sponsored settlement did end up being a success
Ferryland has been kicking since 1621
Cupids has had some English presence since 1610

6. 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.

7. Changing Lifestyles Community? Not really…think work camp!
Young single men
Exchanged family members between “this place” and Europe

8. Fishing Servants Vague descriptions in history
Certain it was a hard life
Lives revolved around their occupation
Construction phase
Catching cod & processing it

9. 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.