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| Day 35 - Bonavista, NL | ||
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| Today we were ride sharing for our tour. Our first stop was the city water tower. It was painted by a local artist for the Queen's visit to depict some of the history of Bonavista. | ||
 A panoramic view of Bonavista, NL from the highest point in the city, the city water tower. The harbor is on the left. (Photo by Ed Rzepka) |
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 Our next stop was the Ryan Premises, a National Historic Site of Canada. |
 This is a diorama of the Ryan place as it was in the late 1800's and early 1900's. The main residence is in the center of the picture with the Flakes (cod drying racks) beside it. |
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 Inside are a number of wonderful displays. This one depicts a cod fisherman with his catch. |
 This represents a family on top of a Flake removing the dried salted cod. |
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 On the second floor is a museum of Bonavista. All of the artifacts are from families who lived or are living in Bonavista. It is a very well presented display. |
 This is called a Killick. Any idea what it is? If you guessed a home-made anchor, you would be correct. It is made of wood with a large rock for the weight in the center, and wrapped with the anchor line. |
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 At 10:30 AM the Cape Shore Boys entertained us with a collection of traditional Newfoundland songs. The gentleman in the blue plaid shirt is playing the spoons and the man on the far right is playing a homemade "ugly stick". |
 Ed Casey gets into the action with one of the percussion instruments. |
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 This is the elegant Ryan residence. Very nice for its day. |
 The dining room has been meticulously restored. |
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 This is the JT Sawyers Co., LDT retail store. It is partly a museum and partly a gift shop. |
 It was now lunch time and most of us ate at Skippers restaurant which is next door to the Ryan Premises. |
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 The next stop was The Matthew Legacy. Matthew was John Cabot's ship and Bonavista is very proud that this is where Cabot first landed on new found land in 1497. |
 This is a model of the ship showing construction techniques used to build the replica. Matthew was built in Bonavista by local and Canadian shipwrights. |
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 This is the reproduction Matthew |
 Bill Shallbetter checks out the tiller. (This photo, and one directly below, are Jim Hamp's) |
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 It was raining most of the day so this tour was conducted in the rain. It takes more than a little rain to stop us! |
 A mannequin depicting a sailor sleeping on the floor with a residential rat crawling on his shoulder. |
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 After the tour we found shelter from the rain while Terry explains our options for the afternoon. Visiting the Mockbeggar Plantation was one of her suggestions. |
 Recent research indicates that The Plantation was constructed somewhere between 1780 and 1805. This may be the oldest fishery plantation in existence on the island of Newfoundland. Mockbeggar means muddy flats. |
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 The tour started in the kitchen. This is the pantry located in one corner of the kitchen. |
 The Plantation has been occupied by a succession of owners since the 17th century. This is the ladies parlor where they would gather to talk, sew, and knit. |
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 This library was added after 1939 by F. Gordon Bradley. He was a lawyer and politician who, after playing a significant role in the move to bring Newfoundland into the Confederation with Canada, became Newfoundland's first representative as a member of the Senate. |
 We drove up the coast along Dungeon Drive. The road meanders along the coast to Spillar's Cove. Sheep are grazing in the rain along a very rocky coastline. |
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 Since we had visited the Bonavista Lighthouse yesterday, we did not stop there today. This is the coastline looking northwest toward the lighthouse. |
 The Dungeon is a twin-entranced sea cave which was created by wave action that collapsed the roof. Some say fool's gold can be found at the bottom of The Dungeon! |
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| Sue Schmidt photographed these Humpback whales in the bay off Dungeon Drive. | ||
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| After a rainy, cloudy, foggy day, (RCF in "Newfie"-speak) it was a treat to see the clouds breakup, the sun come out and then give us another spectacular sunset. | ||
Click here for a Google map of above pictures. |
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