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Alphabet Fleet
The Alphabet Fleet was a fleet of vessels owned and operated by the Reid Newfoundland Company as part of the provisioning of the 1898 Railway contract between the Dominion of Newfoundland and the Reid Newfoundland Company. The vessels were named after places in Scotland, the native homeland of Sir Robert Gillespie Reid, founder of the Reid Newfoundland Company.Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador, Volume one, page 39 The ships were employed as coastal vessels to service the remote communities of the Newfoundland and the coast of Labrador to operate a mail and passenger service to those communities. These vessels became the lifeline to these communities and were depicted in many paintings and folk songs of the country, even long after it became a province of Canada. Fleet A Alphabetically, the first on the list of vessels of the Reid Newfoundland Company was SS ''Argyle'', built by A. & J. Inglis in Glasgow, Scotland in 1900. Launched on 19 December 1899, she was long with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reid Newfoundland Company
The Reid Newfoundland Company was incorporated in September 1901 and was the operator of the Newfoundland Railway across the island from 1901 to 1923. For a time it was the largest landowner in the Dominion of Newfoundland, today the modern Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The company was founded by Sir Robert Gillespie Reid of Scotland, a businessman who had interests in the development of the pulp and paper industry and mining industry. The company was also the owner and operator of the coastal boat service, known as the Alphabet Fleet, the telegraph line and the electrical service in St. John's.Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador, Volume four, page 564 Beginnings The company had its beginnings in 1890 when the Newfoundland Government under William Whiteway wanted to build a railway line from Whitbourne to Halls Bay at . Both Reid and George H. Middleton had contracted to build it but Middleton had pulled out in 1892. To ensure that the line was going t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Port Aux Basques
Channel-Port aux Basques is a town at the extreme southwestern tip of Newfoundland (island), Newfoundland fronting on the western end of the Cabot Strait. A Marine Atlantic ferry terminal is located in the town which is the primary entry point onto the island of Newfoundland and the western terminus of the Newfoundland and Labrador Route 1 (Trans-Canada Highway) in the province. The town was incorporated in 1945 and its population in the 2021 census was 3,547. Port aux Basques is the oldest of the collection of villages that make up the present-day town, which consists of Port aux Basques, Channel, Grand Bay (Newfoundland and Labrador), Grand Bay and Mouse Island. The town is called "''Siinalk''" in the Miꞌkmaq language. History Channel was settled by fisher-folk from the Channel Islands in the early 1700s. Port aux Basques refers to the harbour that was a favoured sheltering and watering place for Basques, Basque whalers who hailed from the Basque Country (greater region), Bas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noggin Island
Noggin may refer to: General * Noggin or gill (volume), a unit of volume * Noggin (cup), a small cup * Noggin, slang for head * Noggin (protein), a signalling molecule involved in embryonic development * Noggin or dwang In construction, a noggingFleming, Eric. ''Construction technology: an illustrated introduction''. Oxford: Blackwell, 2005. 123, 160. Print. or nogging piece (England and Australia), dwang (Scotland, South Island, New Zealand, and lower/central N ..., a carpentry term Entertainment * Noggin (brand), an entertainment brand that includes a television network, mobile applications, and international programming blocks * '' Noggin the Nog'', a BBC children's character and TV series (1959-1965), and a series of children's books * ''Noggin'' (magazine), an American magazine that published art, fiction, cartoons, plus social and political commentary {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Port Blandford
Port Blandford is a town in eastern Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is in Division No. 7 on Clode Sound. The population in 1940 was 539, and increased to 631 by 1956. Climate Port Blandford has a humid continental climate typical of the island of Newfoundland. It is wet, snowy, highly seasonal and retains warm summers and cold winter nights coupled with relatively mild winter days. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Port Blandford had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. See also * List of cities and towns in Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador is the ninth-most populous province in Canada, with 510,550 residents recorded in the 2021 Canadian Census, and is the seventh-largest in land area, with . Newfoundland and Labrador has 278 municipalities, including 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bonavista Bay
Bonavista Bay (BB) is a large bay located on the northeast coast of the island of Newfoundland (island), Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador in Canada. It opens directly onto the Atlantic Ocean. The bay is demarcated by Cape Freels to the north and Cape Bonavista to the south. Cape Bonavista is also the eastern limit of the Bonavista Peninsula, which forms the bay's southern shore. The topography of the central western shore of the bay is composed of numerous channels and islands. This area also hosts Terra Nova National Park. Containing many densely forested islands, Bonavista Bay is virtually landlocked. With temperatures sometimes reaching -1 °C, it attracts the occasional iceberg. However, due to the dense forestry, the region inside the bay can sometimes be warm enough for lobster cultivation. The smaller communities in Newfoundland may often be referenced by the Bay in which they are located, e.g.: 'Wesleyville, BB'. Fishing communities * Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS Dundee (Reid Newfoundland Company)
SS ''Dundee'' was a British steamship that was built in Scotland in 1911 and sunk by enemy action in the Celtic Sea in 1917. She was designed as a coastal passenger and cargo liner for the Dundee, Perth & London Shipping Company Ltd, but in 1915 she was converted into an armed boarding steamer for the Royal Navy. She took part in the Action of 16 March 1917, was sunk by a U-boat six months later, and lost members of her crew in both actions. The Dundee, Perth & London Shipping Co Ltd was founded in 1826. In its long history it had eight ships called ''Dundee'', named after the city of Dundee on the east coast of Scotland. The ship built in 1911 was the fifth of these. Building The Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company built ''Dundee'' as yard number 221. She was launched on 24 April 1911 and completed that November. Her registered length was , her beam was and her depth was . Her tonnages were and . She had a three-cylinder triple-expansion steam engine that was rat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crosbie And Company
Crosbie is a name. Notable people with the name include: Given name *Crosbie E. Saint, an American military officer Surname *Annette Crosbie, Scottish television actress *Ches Crosbie, Newfoundland lawyer and politician *Chesley Crosbie, Newfoundland businessman and politician * David Crosbie (other) *Debbie Crosbie (born 1969/1970), British banker *Sir Edward Crosbie, United Irishman *James Crosbie (senator), Irish barrister, journalist and Fine Gael politician, senator 1938–51 and 1954–57 * James Crosbie (Kerry politician) (c.1760–1836), MP for County Kerry 1798–1806, 1812–26 *John Crosbie (1931–2020), Canadian politician *John Chalker Crosbie, Newfoundland businessman and politician *Johnny Crosbie, Scottish footballer *Lynn Crosbie, Canadian poet and novelist * Richard Crosbie, Irish balloonist *Robert Crosbie, theosophist *Thomas Crosbie Holdings, Irish media and publishing group * Tim Crosbie, visual effects supervisor * Virginia Crosbie, British Member of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lewisporte
Lewisporte is a town in central Newfoundland, Canada, with a population of 3,288. It is situated in Burnt Bay which opens on to the Bay of Exploits. Lewisporte has a deep water port and related facilities that serve many communities in the region. History Settlers first arrived in Lewisporte, previously named Burnt Bay, and then Marshallville (after the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary William T Marshall who died in 1846), in 1887 and engaged in the prosperous fishing, logging, and ship building industries. Lewisporte is named for Lewis Miller, an enterprising Scotsman who operated a logging company in central Newfoundland. Millertown, another community in this region is also named for him. The first European settlers were attracted to the area by the huge stands of birch, spruce and pine. During the Second World War, Lewisporte was an important base of operations for the Canadian Forces. Gander's strategic location as a ‘jumping off’ point for flights going to Europe brough ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Notre Dame Bay
Notre Dame Bay is a large bay in Newfoundland, Canada. To the south it adjoins the Bay of Exploits. The name, French for '' Our Lady Bay'', dates to at least 1550, and is possibly a French translation of an earlier Portuguese name. Trump Islands Trump Islands () is a small group of islands lying 4 nautical miles (7 km) southwest of Dodman Island, off the west coast of Graham Land Graham Land is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula that lies north of a line joining Cape Jere ... are located within Notre Dame Bay. References Bays of Newfoundland and Labrador {{Newfoundland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS Clyde
SS is an abbreviation for ''Schutzstaffel'', a paramilitary organisation in Nazi Germany. SS, Ss, or similar may also refer to: Places *Guangdong Experimental High School (''Sheng Shi'' or ''Saang Sat''), China *Province of Sassari, Italy (vehicle plate code) *South Sudan (ISO 3166-1 code SS) *SS postcode area, UK, around Southend-on-Sea *San Sebastián, Spanish city Arts, entertainment, and media *SS (band), an early Japanese hardcore punk band * ''SS'' (manga), a Japanese comic 2000-2003 *SS Entertainment, a Korean entertainment company *''S.S.'', for Sosthenes Smith, H. G. Wells pseudonym for story ''A Vision of the Past'' *SS, the production code for the 1968 ''Doctor Who'' serial ''The Wheel in Space'' *''Sesame Street'', American kids' TV show Language *Ss (digraph) used in Pinyin * ß or ss, a German-language ligature * switch-reference in linguistics *'' Scilicet'', used as a section sign * (''in the strict sense'') in Latin *Swazi language (ISO 639-1 code "ss") Scienc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A And J Inglis SS Clyde
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes''. It is similar in shape to the Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar. The lowercase version can be written in two forms: the double-storey a and single-storey ɑ. The latter is commonly used in handwriting and fonts based on it, especially fonts intended to be read by children, and is also found in italic type. In English grammar, " a", and its variant " an", are indefinite articles. History The earliest certain ancestor of "A" is aleph (also written 'aleph), the first letter of the Phoenician alphabet, which consisted entirely of consonants (for that reason, it is also called an abjad to distinguish it fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
