| Cupid's Vacation Spot |
| Cupids was originally known as Cuperts Cove, then Cupers Cove, then Cupids. It was the first English settlement in Newfoundland, founded by John Guy. He was the first Englishman to have contact ith the Beothuck Indians. Initially, he feared the Indians, but eventually established friendly relations with them and traded with them. This info was gleaned through primary sources of letters and diaries and maps sent back and forth to England. Once it was established what a treasure they had discovered, the MUN researchers gathered up the maps and letters and began to predict where to dig for other structures around the site. They've just uncovered the tip of the iceberg, so-to-speak, as there are plenty more structures to unearth. It's tough going though, summer is short and people are living on much of the land. Here, Jen shows us a three-hundred year old brick she found on her little dig site. How exciting to have your own find! |
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| I snuck in one last shot of the salt pond boats before we went on to the Museum. The salt pond is one of the ways they figured ut the name of the settlement and the year it was established. John Guy or his designee surely described the site exceeding well. Behind the salt pond is the actual harbour. |
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| A replica of a fishing dory sail in the Museum at Cupids. It was a two story affair, the public part being on the second floor. We had a ball checking out the artifacts from three centuries of living in Newfoundland. This photo shows the map of the excavation in the begining of town. |
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| The thing that seemed all too familiar to me was the set-up of the one-room schoolhouse. Although I didn't attend a one-room schoolhouse, I did have to sit in the blasted seats on the left until Grade 5, when we graduated to larger versions of the desks on the right. See the desk next to the teacher's desk? It was called the Sinner's Desk, put there expressly for the more mischievous students in the class.. Here's the photo of the actual school. |
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