House launching and the resettlement of Offer Island and Nippards Island: Morley Coles and Aubrey Waterman, Deep Bay

Morley Coles and Aubrey Waterman talk about the resettlement in the 1960s of Offer Island and Nippard Island, both of which are in the entrance to Deep Bay. Aubrey's mother is from Offer Island, where there was a herring factory. Once both islands had electricity. On Nippard Island the graveyar...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Power, Maureen
Other Authors: Coles, Morley; Waterman, Aubrey
Format: Moving Image (Video)
Language:English
Published: 2007
Subjects:
Work
Objects
Knowledge of the land/water and environment
Migration/settlement
Fishing stages
Fishing stores
Resettlement
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_cn/id/47
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Summary:Morley Coles and Aubrey Waterman talk about the resettlement in the 1960s of Offer Island and Nippard Island, both of which are in the entrance to Deep Bay. Aubrey's mother is from Offer Island, where there was a herring factory. Once both islands had electricity. On Nippard Island the graveyard is still visible but all the houses have been moved.

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