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Family and Community Origins on the Eastport Peninsula

The family and community origins on the Eastport Peninsula, One of Newfoundland's smaller but more interesting peninsulas.
Eastport Peninsula: Family Origins

A permanent population in the Salvage-Barrow Harbour area from the 1780s up to the 1820s was created by families who came to fish for cod.
Eastport Peninsula:Inter-Community Family Relationships

Families of Salvage were very closely intertwined through marriage and migration with those in nearby places.
Eastport Peninsula: Flat Islands Affinities

Settled in the 1820s, Flat Islands (a collective name for a cluster of four flat-topped island settlements) grew very rapidly
Eastport Peninsula: The Indigenous Period

Recent archeological evidence indicates that the inner reaches of Bonavista Bay were occupied by Indigenous cultures dating back some 5000 years.
Eastport Peninsula: Migratory Fishery and Early Settlement

About the migratory fishery and early English settlement on the Eastport Peninsula.
Outports

About outports in Newfoundland and Labrador. An outport is literally any port other than the principal port of St. John's.
Eastport Peninsula: Permanent Settlement

Modern day settlement on the Eastport Peninsula began permanent residency in Barrow Harbour and Salvage from the 1780s onward.
Port-Au-Port Peninsula

About the history of the francophone population on the Port-au-Port Peninsula in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Eastport Peninsula: Religious Affiliations

Religious affiliations on the Eastport Peninsula of Newfoundland.
Eastport Peninsula: Sandringham

Sandringham was one of eight land settlements created by the Commission of Government in Newfoundland to promote agriculture
Eastport Peninsula

Background information about the community of St. Chad's, located on the Eastport Peninsula in Newfoundland.
St. John's, 1500-1815

Information about the history of St. John's, NL from 1500-1815.
St. John's, 1815-2010

Information about the history of St. John's, NL from 1815-2010.
St. John's and the Central Slum

About the central slums in St. John's, an area that consisted of old housing with poor sanitary services that exhisted for at least 70 years.
St. John's Suburbs and Surrounding Communities

The growth and development of the suburbs of the city of St. John's, NL.
Eastport Peninsula: The Treaty Shore Era

Between the Treaty of Utrecht (1713) and Treaty of Paris (1783) England and France held concurrent fishing rights within Bonavista Bay.

Matching Articles"Communities" (Total 37)

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