Exploits Island and the dead

Strangely Tarquin Granny contacted him and said by the way, your Family are from Newfoundland, and after a bit of chasing and questioning it turned out There Name was Foote and they all came from Exploits island. A isolated fishing comunity that were busy in the 18th 19th century. Good opportunity for us to go on an expedition to find out what we could, it is a beautiful sail from Twillingate through the mid section of Notre Dame bay. Green hilly and mountainous Islands everywhere and not a single other boat to be seen. Just the way I like it. Interestingly Exploits has some maintained bouys from Lewisporte yacht club so we are expecting to see some other boats around. Wrong.

The nich between the 2 islands is beautiful and pretty safe in any weather, and we are lucky enough to be in bright sun. The harbour is surrounded by well maintained holiday lodges, which are all owned by dependents of the original fishing comunity one or 2 of the house have occupants when we are there and we ask if they know any Footes or can point us at the Cemetary WE are told the last footes only left 2 years ago and there are three cemeteries with 2 relgeous denominations Both Irish catholic or prodistant . Great succes we find many footes and some sad storie of whole families of young children who have died close together, often of disease. Tough life out here.
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