Brigus, Newfoundland
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Owner:
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TheWeeThree
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Released:
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Thursday, August 13, 2020
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Origin:
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Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
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In the hands of willsmith1998.
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To visit all the beautiful places of Newfoundland.
The name Brigus comes from the Brickhouse which was the name of an old town in England. Brigus' history dates back to around 1612, when John Guy sold half of the Harbour to the Spracklin family. At this time Brigus was mostly settled by people from England, Ireland, and Wales. During King William's War, this village was raided in the Avalon Peninsula Campaign.
Brigus is famous for its sea Captains, it was in 1819 when Captain William Munden built the schooner Four Brothers, the first one hundred ton schooner in Newfoundland (built 1819).
There were many "Arctic Heroes" that came from this historic town:
- Captain John Bartlett sailed with the American explorer Isaac Israel Hayes and also with Admiral Robert Peary
- Captain Sam Bartlett who sailed with Peary
- Captain Robert Bartlett who was in charge of the S.S. Roosevelt when Peary reached the North Pole, who later survived the wreck of the Karluk, and who later helmed the schooner Effie M. Morrissey
- Captain Arthur Bartlett
- Captain William Norman who rescued Admiral Adolphus Greely
- Captain Isaac Bartlett who rescued Captain Tyson and crew after drifting on an iceberg for 1500 miles
- Captain William Bartlett, known as "the Commodore of the sealing fleet in Newfoundland".
Brigus is a popular tourist stop, renowned for its scenic qualities and places of interest. Among these are the site of The Vindicator, where the Brigus newspaper was printed at the turn of the 20th century; the Convent of Mercy, built in 1860 for the Mercy Sisters who came from Ireland in 1861; the local Orange Lodge; Hawthorne Cottage, now a National Historic Site of Canada; "The Tunnel" bored through solid rock on the waterfront in 1860 to provide access to a deep water berth for the Bartlett sailing ships; the Stone Barn Museum; Jubilee Club, the meeting place of the "Merchant Princes of Brigus" from the late 19th century to the mid-20th century; St. George' s Anglican Church, consecrated in 1845; Brigus United Church, dedicated in 1875 on the site of an earlier church; and the Roman Catholic Church, built in 1832.
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willsmith1998 took it to Up for it?
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willsmith1998 took it to A Fine Pair # 1289 ~ Marsh Baldon
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willsmith1998 took it to Church Micro 6593...Marsh Baldon
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willsmith1998 retrieved it from SOX in September - Brightwell's Bright Lights
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Liked the look of this one. I was once very close to Newfoundland (St Pierre et Miquelon) but will endeavour to get you somewhat closer to that province! 🇬🇧🇨🇦
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rosela placed it in SOX in September - Brightwell's Bright Lights
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