July 09, 2011

David and Barbara B.

July 5, 2011

David's father was a lighthouse keeper and the family lived up at the cape for 5 years.  The Cape, or Cape St. Francis is truly the northeasterly point of the Avalon Peninsula.  Biscayne Cove was the last community and was abandoned in the 40's or so when people moved to Pouch Cove.

Scanned Post-Card of Pouch Cove










I felt so privileged when David showed me the book with the drawings of the fishing grounds around the Cape and Pouch Cove.  The copies were given to David by his good friend whose father did the drawings.  Nowadays there is GPS, but in the old days fishermen remembered these fishing grounds by landmarks that they could see from the ocean.  His friend's father was the first person to have these places drawn along with description.  Here is an example:

"... on a line going south towards Shoe Cove you can bring the Rectory well up from the church.  also nice water on the north side down with Grouchy's house well open.  its a fine place for jigging..."

David gave me permission to use it for my research, but not to publish it.



Names of places are important for the fishermen.  They serve as markers, identifications.  I am fascinated by the names of the gulches, coves along the shoals of Pouch Cove.  It will be interesting to find out who was George of George's Point.



Audio: A8PCP8 and A9PCP9 (75 min)

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