Pool at the End of Stevies Road

River pools provide swimming areas for the young and young-hearted. The Pool at the End of Stevies Road is the most popular swimming area today. Stevies Road is named for Stephen Nash who served in the Royal Navy and cleared land in the area after returning home from service in World War II. Floodin...

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Main Author: Branch Cultural Historical Association
Format: Still Image
Language:English
Published: 2008
Subjects:
Knowledge of the land/water and environment
Landscape
Water
Swimming Areas
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_avalon/id/4412
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:ich_avalon/4412 2023-12-31T10:19:25+01:00 Pool at the End of Stevies Road Branch Cultural Historical Association Canada--Newfoundland and Labrador--Avalon Peninsula--Branch--Branch River; 2008-06-18 image/jpeg http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_avalon/id/4412 eng eng Intangible Cultural Heritage - Avalon Peninsula http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_avalon/id/4412 CC BY-NC 2.0 CA Branch Cultural Historical Association Margaret Power Intangible Cultural Heritage Inventory Knowledge of the land/water and environment Landscape Water Swimming Areas Still Image Photograph 2008 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:22Z River pools provide swimming areas for the young and young-hearted. The Pool at the End of Stevies Road is the most popular swimming area today. Stevies Road is named for Stephen Nash who served in the Royal Navy and cleared land in the area after returning home from service in World War II. Flooding, rafting ice and gradual changes in the riverbed fill in old swimming holes and create new ones. The Long Hole on the Flats was a favourite swimming hole until recently. The Otter Rub has also been a favourite swimming hole over the years, but is located further up the River. Still Image Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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topic Knowledge of the land/water and environment
Landscape
Water
Swimming Areas
spellingShingle Knowledge of the land/water and environment
Landscape
Water
Swimming Areas
Branch Cultural Historical Association
Pool at the End of Stevies Road
topic_facet Knowledge of the land/water and environment
Landscape
Water
Swimming Areas
description River pools provide swimming areas for the young and young-hearted. The Pool at the End of Stevies Road is the most popular swimming area today. Stevies Road is named for Stephen Nash who served in the Royal Navy and cleared land in the area after returning home from service in World War II. Flooding, rafting ice and gradual changes in the riverbed fill in old swimming holes and create new ones. The Long Hole on the Flats was a favourite swimming hole until recently. The Otter Rub has also been a favourite swimming hole over the years, but is located further up the River.
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author Branch Cultural Historical Association
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title Pool at the End of Stevies Road
title_short Pool at the End of Stevies Road
title_full Pool at the End of Stevies Road
title_fullStr Pool at the End of Stevies Road
title_full_unstemmed Pool at the End of Stevies Road
title_sort pool at the end of stevies road
publishDate 2008
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_avalon/id/4412
op_coverage Canada--Newfoundland and Labrador--Avalon Peninsula--Branch--Branch River;
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op_source Branch Cultural Historical Association Margaret Power
Intangible Cultural Heritage Inventory
op_relation Intangible Cultural Heritage - Avalon Peninsula
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op_rights CC BY-NC 2.0 CA
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