Winterton, Newfoundland and Labrador

Winterton, Newfoundland and Labrador

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Winterton is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The town had a population of 518 in the Canada 2006 Census. The first record of settlement is found in Captain John Berry's Report to the British Admiralty in which he indicates that, in 1975, there were three fishing enterprises. These fishing crews departed from the West Country of England, probably from the city of Poole in Dorset, in the early Spring of each year to fish in waters near the coast; the fish would be salted and dried in structures along the shore known as stages and flakes and shipped to England in the Fall. The three fishing Captains were Hopkins, Wicksell and Peyton who, along with their crews, comprised a population of less than 100.

The small boats suitable for fishing in near shore waters were constructed using local timber following ancient designs and using implements and tools whoose origins can be traced to Saxon England. The Winterton Community and Boat Building Museum has preserved these ancient techniques and tools; the museum has on display newly constructed boats as well as the tools and axe hewn timbers.

The next record of settlement in Scilly Cove (Winterton) is found in the 1697 journal of Father Beaudoin, the priest, who accompanied D'Iverville on his expedition around the coast of Newfoundland. At Scilly cove he reported that there were four houses along with fishing structures as well as livestock which was all destroyed before the soldiers departed. Settlers fled to the nearby forest to escape the invaders.

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* List of cities and towns in Newfoundland and Labrador


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