Pierce Pickett. Part 4

• Main Authors: Memorial University of Newfoundland. Extension Service, Earle, Fred
• Other Authors: Pickett, Pierce (Interviewee), Memorial University of Newfoundland. Centre for Innovation in Teaching and Learning (CITL)
• Format: Moving Image (Video)
• Language: English
• Published: MUN Extension Service 1977
• Subjects: Pickett; Pierce; Relocation (Housing) > Newfoundland and Labrador; Wildfires > Newfoundland and Labrador; Fishers > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/extension/id/651

Part 4 of an interview with Pierce Pickett, who was a fisherman, schooner captain, logger, sealer, and World War I veteran. Pickett recounts how he acquired his own schooner. He then discusses the resettlement from Fair Isle to Centreville; describes a serious forest fire in the Indian Bay area in the first year after relocating; now believes he is better off in Centreville where there are many more conveniences.