A man and his island: The island mirror in Michael Crummey’s Sweetland

• Main Author: Laurie Brinklow
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Island Studies Journal 2016
• Subjects: island identity; islandness; Michael Crummey; Newfoundland; resettlement; Sweetland; Physical geography; GB3-5030; Lopez
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/20089c7666f1413cb68b16e564d5b15a

Between 1946 and 1975, dozens of islands and outports in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador were abandoned as part of a government resettlement policy. Families and communities were torn apart, and a culture and way of life that revolved around the fishery changed irrevocably. The pr...