The Black Wharf juts out into the Cove

• Main Author: Branch Cultural Historical Association
• Format: Still Image
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: Knowledge of the land/water and environment; Architecture; building and construction; Landscape; Seascape; Wharves; Newfoundland; Canada; Breakwater
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_avalon/id/4376

The Black Wharf was originally a finger pier placed to slow the adverse effects of river sand and tidal action on the depth of the Gut. Over the years, the structural material of the Black Wharf has changed and today this structure is technically a rock breakwater. The first version of the Black Wharf was constructed of wooden pilings in the late 1960s. The pilings where treated with creosote whose black color christened the structure. Although the Black Wharf is no longer technically a wharf, it has kept its name a way to capture memories of youthful days and nights spent on, below, beside, off, and at the end of the Black Wharf.