Summary: | Interview with Mr. Sainsbury. Thomas Dyke came to Pouch Island, raised his family; Thomas Dyke's daughter, Mary, is Mr. Sainsbury's great-grandmother; Mr. Sainsbury's memories of fishing on Eastern Tickle near Pouch Island; house fire killed several of Mary's children; families from English Harbour and Burton's Harbour; Interview with Tony Windsor, lighthouse keeper at Exploits; shipping routes to Botwood; newly implemented electric lighting; history of the lighthouse, John Peyton; Mary March and attempted escape; old cemetary and outbuilding; Beothuk legends from Swan Island, Long Island, Pond Island; history of Mother Bumble, M'iqmaw woman; ghost stories from Exploits; Shipping routes; Newfoundland geography, relocations; economy of Exploits; Christmas traditions in Exploits, Christmas services; Reverand Woods; memories of Judge Daniel Prowse; memories of Georgina Stirling.
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