RESCUED: Photos
All photos were taking in 1972-1980 unless otherwise specified.
The People
Dear “Uncle Jack", head lighthouse keeper
Garland’s shop, 1960’s
Nicholas & me
Michael
Nicholas & Timid
Nicholas & Colleen
Nicholas & Colleen
Nicholas & Colleen
Our first winter in Pushthrough January 1973; Nicholas in forefront; Brian (holding Colleen) & me in doorway. No windows on house yet (except kitchen).
Nicholas is happy spring is on its way
Michael & me in kitchen
on top of Great Jervis Island: Michael holding wee Galen, Sonja, Nicholas, me holding wee Galen
on top of Great Jervis Island: Michael holding wee Galen, Sonja, Nicholas, me holding wee Galen
Michael in front of Brian’s house
Dawn, Nicholas & Colleen in front of Brian’s house
Mom with a huge lobster
My family: Mom & Colleen, brother Joe, Dad, Nicholas
me & mom
Sam & Ernie, Dawson’s Point lighthouse keepers (Sam’s son on left)
Jim Fudge & Michael
Elsie & Jim Fudge
Uncle Jack Wells, 1983
Morris brothers’ home, Great Jervis, with family visiting
Morris brothers’ home, Great Jervis, with family visiting
Tom & Clayton
Clayton & John Henry lobster fishing
John Henry
Clayton
Nicholas reading to Colleen in the kitchen on mattress
McCallum
The Places
Dawson’s Point LIghthouse
our house, the one on the right
Pushthrough tickle
Pushthrough 1968- one year before the liveyeres left
Pushthrough from the water—- our house is the orange one in the middle
Garland’s shop, 1960’s
The Riggs brothers’ shop in McCallum
Chambers’ mansion, late 1800’s
Map showing our walk from Pushthrough to McCallum
Map of Newfoundland showing sou’west coast including McCallum. The Forgotten Coast stretches from Port aux Basques to east of McCallum.
Our first winter in Pushthrough January 1973; Nicholas in forefront; Brian (holding Colleen) & me in doorway. No windows on house yet (except kitchen).
my pantry with baking & ducks
Brian’s house
Frozen clothes on the line
Single pane windows
Winter in Pushthrough
Our home in Pushthrough
Our home in Great Jervis
Our Great Jervis home today
McCallum
McCallum
McCallum
McCallum
McCallum
Pushthrough today…houses are all gone…only cemetery has survived
The Things
My 50 year old diaries
My 50 year old diaries
Limited edition book Michael & I put together in 1979: his paintings & my writing
our beautiful Hillcrest stove from Pass Island
my pantry with baking & ducks
piece of china mug I found in tickle
hanger purchased in McCallum shop
Century-old documents found in Pushthrough (1911-1923)
Century-old documents found in Pushthrough (1911-1923)
Century-old documents found in Pushthrough (1911-1923)
Morris brothers’ lobster pots
Cod fish
Boarding CN ferry in Pushthrough harbour
Schooner in Pushthrough tickle 1800’s
CN Tavener
Frozen clothes on the line
Single pane windows
Winter in Pushthrough
McCallum
My growing family: 1969-1980
Dawn & Michael married June 10,1969
Nicholas born in Willowdale Ontario
Michael and Nick
Galen born in Newmarket Ontario
Emily born in Grand Falls Newfoundland
My Mom (1930- 2012) & Dad (1928-2005)
Me & Nicholas & Colleen, Pushthrough Nfld 1974
Nicholas & me, Nova Scotia 2024
We left Newfoundland…and Michael & I went our separate ways in 1982…but that’s another story.
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