2015-07-11 Gambo and Dover

2015-07-11  Gambo and Dover

                                                          Gambo

We drove to Gambo and found an RV park for the night. It was a quite rural one that was situated in the forest. OH, thought we were in Alaska again: narrow road like a path, trees close to path making it difficult to maneuver, and small parking spots, hard to get into and definitely no services. Didn’t need or want any, just a boondock (dry) spot. At any rate it was private except for the fishermen heading to the stream to try their luck at Salmon or whatever. No Moose visited during the night.

                                                                Dover

Next morning we drove to Dover. It is a town that has a Fault Line where two ancient tectonic plates are located. Part of the boundary line can be seen from Dover Hill.

The hill also has part of the remains of an aircraft crash that occurred on January 2, 1942. An R.C.A.F.   B-18 Bomber departed from Gander airport on a convoy patrol  mission when one engine feathered and froze. They jettisoned their bombs over Saltwater Pond (lake) and made an emergency landing in the water near Locker’s Bay, near Dover. All six survived and were rescued and brought to the town.A plane from Gander was sent to return the crew. Nathan Parson’s wife Mary fed them Moose Soup and cleaned their uniforms and pressed them. When the plane landed their commanding officer came with the plane. He wouldn’t leave until after he had eaten two bowls of Mary’s soup. True story.

 

Aircraft wrcekage

Fault plates line between gaps in hills

                                                                Dover

Next morning we drove to Dover. It is a town that has a Fault Line where two ancient tectonic plates are located. Part of the boundary line can be seen from Dover Hill.

The hill also has part of the remains of an aircraft crash that occurred on January 2, 1942. An R.C.A.F.   B-18 Bomber departed from Gander airport on a convoy patrol  mission when one engine feathered and froze. They jettisoned their bombs over Saltwater Pond (lake) and made an emergency landing in the water near Locker’s Bay, near Dover. All six survived and were rescued and brought to the town.A plane from Gander was sent to return the crew. Nathan Parson’s wife Mary fed them Moose Soup and cleaned their uniforms and pressed them. When the plane landed their commanding officer came with the plane. He wouldn’t leave until after he had eaten two bowls of Mary’s soup. True story.

2015-07-22 St Anthony & Dr Grenfell

2015-07-22  St Anthony & Dr Wilfred Thomas Grenfell

We heard a lot about Dr Grenfell and what he had done for the community after arriving from England. The son of a minister, and becoming one himself, he got  his degree in medicine  in London and trained in the poverty section of the city. He was determined to help the poor and poverty people of Newfoundland. He spent a lot of time going to the small villages and homes treating the poor and eventually built a hospital in St Anthony. He brought nurses from London and later was able to get more doctors to come. He later brought in doctors and nurses from America and New Brunswick and Halafax. HIS WIFE Elizabeth came from a wealthy family and was able to do the fundraising from the rich and large corporations. He also became good at it and acquired political friend such as president Roosevelt and Prime Ministers from Camada and England.

He acquired boats that became hospital boats and kept growing. He would start a project and turn it over to the people to complete. Included were starting gardens of vegetables, new buildings, starting an orphanage , starting a CO-OP  for the fishermen to help them get out of debt; help bring in more businesses.  He knew he had to improve the health of adults and children to help prevent Tuberculosis (TB) as that was the major affliction. Vikings had a bad habit of spitting and doing so in the confines of a small hut, he passed it to his family. He started “DON’T SPIT” campaign to help.

He started the Grenfell foundation and after marriage his wife would do a lot of the fund raising. Today the foundation is still active and St Anthony has become the centerpost of all medical needs for the entire Vinland (Northern Peninsula) area.

Seal skin clothing

While we were there a wedding party came through to take some photos that they were unable to get during the weding. Congratulations to you Brian and Cindy Saunders. May you love to live and live as long as you love

Carvings from walrus ivory

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