| 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 III: pages 499-1084. Contents: 1881 Gold Claims in Conception Bay: p. 499 -- 1882 Surveying Exploits Valley Townships: p. 507 -- 1883 Surveying in Codroy Valley: p. 553 -- 1884 Surveying in St. George’s Bay: p. 619 -- 1885 Surveying in the Avalon Interior: p. 688 -- 1886 Surveying in Bay of Exploits: p. 692 -- 1887 Cross-country, Fortune Bay to Bonavista Bay; Bay du Nord and Terra Nova Rivers: p. 770 -- 1888 Cross-country, Bay d’Espoir to Bay of Exploits; Meelpaeg Lake: p. 868 -- 1889 Coal in St. George’s Bay: p. 996. 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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