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September 13th 2022

Published: September 30th 2022

Editor’s note: We are back home on Pender having flown out of St. John’s the morning of the day Hurricane Fiona hit the Atlantic provinces. Apart from having a 5:00 am flight, our trip was relatively painless. The Baccalieu Trail We traversed part of the trail to get to our B and B in New Perlican (which apparently is older than Old Perlican) and on our first morning there we headed north t... Read Full Entry

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Peter and Dianne Wilson

ToBeContinued

In July 2011, Dianne and I returned from three fabulous years in China where Dianne was an administrator for Maple Leaf International Schools. To read about our China adventures, click WilsonsInChina. Dianne spent the next 4 years as an administrator in three elementary schools in B.C. In September, 2015 she officially retired. So what happens now? The nickname of this blog is ToBeContinued for a reason... ... full info

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Castle Hill

On Castle Hill we found the remnants of Fort Royal which dates back to 1702. We learned a lot about the rivalry between the French and English as they fought over who got to use the fishing grounds. Placentia Bay was particulary popular as it had lots of places to dry fish.

View from the fort

You can see the current townsite from the remnants of the fort. I suspect back in the day they would have kept those trees cut down to provide better fields of fire in case of attack.

The Boardwalk

Nice for walking today. The beaches were prized by fishermen back in the day.

Selina Corrigan

If you can enlarge this picture you can read about an amazing woman. I was humbled to read her life story. It makes you wonder if you can make as much of a difference as she did.

Talk about being over a barrel

This picture shows how fish processors improvised. By standing in the barrel you didn't get the fish guts on you as you processed the fish.

Damn tourists!

Dianne has French in her background and I have English. 'Nuff said.

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