| Summary: | This is an edition of J. P. Howley’s "Reminiscences" (ca. 1914), a memoir based on diaries and notebooks written during his years of exploration and mapping in the interior and along the coasts of Newfoundland. Section II: pages 10-498. Contents: 1868 Avalon Peninsula: Placentia Bay, St. Mary’s Bay: p. 10 -- 1869 Bonavista Bay, Trinity Bay, Conception Bay: p. 93 -- 1870 Shorelines of Southern and Eastern Bays; St. Pierre: p. 147 -- 1871 Notre Dame Bay, Gander Bay and River: p. 204 -- 1872 Interior of the Avalon Peninsula: p. 239 -- 1873 Port au Port Bay and St. George’s Bay; Coal in St. George’s Bay: p. 256 -- 1874 More Surveying in Port au Port Bay and St. George’s Bay: p. 296 -- 1875 Bay of Exploits to the South Coast; Red Indian Lake, George IV Lake, Victoria River, Grandy’s Brook: p. 317 -- 1876 Northwest and Southwest Gander Rivers; Gambo Pond: p. 360 -- 1877 Mining Claims in Notre Dame Bay: p. 383 -- 1878 Return to Mining Claims, Notre Dame Bay: p. 437 -- 1879 First Attempt at Boring for Coal at Grand Lake; Upper Humber River; Sandy Lake to Hall’s Bay: p. 454 -- 1880 More Mining Claims in Notre Dame Bay: p. 490. Produced with the assistance of Robert C. Hollett; based on original source documents in the Centre for Newfoundland Studies Archives; includes photographs and drawings. Bibliography and index: in section 07.
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