Camels in the Newfoundland Desert
BY Susan Sinnott
MELVIN WAS OUT at his crab pots when the first boats came, their guns pointed right at him. Jesus. Pirates in Conception Bay? “Morning,” he says. “Looking for somebody?” “Canada,” says…
Your Greatest Hits (and Misses) Online
BY Ellen Curtis
READING THE GREATEST HITS OF WANDA JAYNES brought me back to 2014 and to all the times since when I have started my morning glued to a horrifying report.
Never Alone: Portraits of Labrador
BY Geoff Goodyear
“The guitar is an Epiphone Nighthawk. Got this one in Toronto when we were out for a soiree. We were playing at the foot of the CN Tower for two weeks…
Baked in a Nice Oak Desk
BY Matthew Hollett
I WONDER IF a grumbling stomach was the inspiration for this delightful Recipe for a Composition Cake, concocted by a student at St. Bride’s Academy in February 1905…
Horseless Carriages and Cars on Rafts
BY Matthew Hollett
In trawling through older issues of Newfoundland Quarterly, I’m particularly looking for writing about landscape and place, stories about technology, and things that make me laugh. So far, the most perfect triangulation of those three things is The First Automobile in Bonne Bay.
Spirit Bird
BY Gary L Saunders
THE ROYAL CANADIAN GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY, having canvassed the country for two years, had finally narrowed the search to Perisoreus canadensis, a robin-sized cousin of the raven and crow native to every province and territory and nowhere else on the planet. Unlike most of our birds, it stays up north year-round, nesting in temperatures as low as minus 20 degrees Celsius. Hardy, smart, loyal and friendly – what could be more Canadian?