Author: Mike Phelan
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1039127312
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
When Matt McCarty travels five thousand miles to Newfoundland, his only intention is to put the ghosts of his past to rest along with his estranged, recently deceased alcoholic father. Instead, he will be drawn into danger and the adventure of a lifetime, unknowingly continuing the taciturn mystery man’s unfinished, clandestine wartime mission from 1942. U-boats have already torpedoed shipping within sight of Bell Island’s shore, but now, seventy-five years later, something terrible left behind by the enemy threatens a cataclysm that could destroy the peaceful existence of everyone in Conception Bay. As father and son’s stories weave back and forth in time, the present will collide with the past as Matt discovers both beautiful and deadly secrets above and deep below in the long abandoned iron ore mines of Bell Island.
The Secret of Bell Island
Author: Mike Phelan
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1039127312
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
When Matt McCarty travels five thousand miles to Newfoundland, his only intention is to put the ghosts of his past to rest along with his estranged, recently deceased alcoholic father. Instead, he will be drawn into danger and the adventure of a lifetime, unknowingly continuing the taciturn mystery man’s unfinished, clandestine wartime mission from 1942. U-boats have already torpedoed shipping within sight of Bell Island’s shore, but now, seventy-five years later, something terrible left behind by the enemy threatens a cataclysm that could destroy the peaceful existence of everyone in Conception Bay. As father and son’s stories weave back and forth in time, the present will collide with the past as Matt discovers both beautiful and deadly secrets above and deep below in the long abandoned iron ore mines of Bell Island.
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1039127312
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
When Matt McCarty travels five thousand miles to Newfoundland, his only intention is to put the ghosts of his past to rest along with his estranged, recently deceased alcoholic father. Instead, he will be drawn into danger and the adventure of a lifetime, unknowingly continuing the taciturn mystery man’s unfinished, clandestine wartime mission from 1942. U-boats have already torpedoed shipping within sight of Bell Island’s shore, but now, seventy-five years later, something terrible left behind by the enemy threatens a cataclysm that could destroy the peaceful existence of everyone in Conception Bay. As father and son’s stories weave back and forth in time, the present will collide with the past as Matt discovers both beautiful and deadly secrets above and deep below in the long abandoned iron ore mines of Bell Island.
The Beautiful Isles
Author: John Warwick Hammond
Publisher: Bell Island, Nfld. : J.W. Hammond
ISBN: 9780969068815
Category : Bell Island (Conception Bay, N.L.)
Languages : en
Pages : 75
Book Description
Publisher: Bell Island, Nfld. : J.W. Hammond
ISBN: 9780969068815
Category : Bell Island (Conception Bay, N.L.)
Languages : en
Pages : 75
Book Description
Tales from Across the Tickle, Bell Island, Newfoundland
Author: Coxworthy, Kay
Publisher: Bell Island, Nlfd. : Scott Publications
ISBN:
Category : Bell Island (Conception Bay, N.L.)
Languages : en
Pages : 125
Book Description
Publisher: Bell Island, Nlfd. : Scott Publications
ISBN:
Category : Bell Island (Conception Bay, N.L.)
Languages : en
Pages : 125
Book Description
Bell Island
Author: Nathaniel W. Sheppard
Publisher: Flanker Press
ISBN: 9781926881362
Category : Bell Island (Conception Bay, N.L.)
Languages : en
Pages : 123
Book Description
The history of Bell Island, Newfoundland, is an amazing one of a strong and courageous people who overcame the challenge of creating a community exposed to the mighty North Atlantic Ocean. Bell Island: Dawn of First Light covers the first permanent European settlers who were attracted to the rich soil of the island and to the fish in the surrounding waters. It outlines the accidental discovery of iron ore, the growth of the mining operations to become the largest submarine mine in the Commonwealth, labour unrest and the formation of a union, the factors that led to the mine's closure, and the tragic impact this would have on the residents. This is also the story of the equally determined women who fashioned the family home in both good and bad economic times. The mission of this Historic series is to bring to light the ageless character of Newfoundland and Labrador communities in an effort to preserve the history of this province and to educate future generations about this corner of the global village. Bell Island: Dawn of First Light is the second instalment in this series.
Publisher: Flanker Press
ISBN: 9781926881362
Category : Bell Island (Conception Bay, N.L.)
Languages : en
Pages : 123
Book Description
The history of Bell Island, Newfoundland, is an amazing one of a strong and courageous people who overcame the challenge of creating a community exposed to the mighty North Atlantic Ocean. Bell Island: Dawn of First Light covers the first permanent European settlers who were attracted to the rich soil of the island and to the fish in the surrounding waters. It outlines the accidental discovery of iron ore, the growth of the mining operations to become the largest submarine mine in the Commonwealth, labour unrest and the formation of a union, the factors that led to the mine's closure, and the tragic impact this would have on the residents. This is also the story of the equally determined women who fashioned the family home in both good and bad economic times. The mission of this Historic series is to bring to light the ageless character of Newfoundland and Labrador communities in an effort to preserve the history of this province and to educate future generations about this corner of the global village. Bell Island: Dawn of First Light is the second instalment in this series.
Slowpoke the Bell Island Mine Horse
Author: Heather Smith
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781774710241
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
A heartwarming picture book about an iron ore - mine horse and a timid young miner in Bell Island, Newfoundland, from award-winning author of Mr. Hirota's Garden and The Agony of Bun O'Keefe
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781774710241
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
A heartwarming picture book about an iron ore - mine horse and a timid young miner in Bell Island, Newfoundland, from award-winning author of Mr. Hirota's Garden and The Agony of Bun O'Keefe
Canada's Visual History
Author: Peter Neary
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Hard Light
Author: Michael Crummey
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781771313469
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"In Hard Light Michael Crummey retells and reinvents his father's stories of outport Newfoundland and the Labrador fishery of a half century ago. Speaking through generations of storytellers, he conjures a world of hard toil and heavy weather, shot through with stoicism, grim humour, endurance, and love."--publisher's website.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781771313469
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"In Hard Light Michael Crummey retells and reinvents his father's stories of outport Newfoundland and the Labrador fishery of a half century ago. Speaking through generations of storytellers, he conjures a world of hard toil and heavy weather, shot through with stoicism, grim humour, endurance, and love."--publisher's website.
The Miners of Wabana
Author: Gail Weir
Publisher: Breakwater Books
ISBN: 9780920911693
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
For seventy-one years, iron ore was mined at Wabana, Bell Island: half the output was used in Canada; the other half was shipped around the world. When the mine shut down on June 30, 1966, it was Canada's oldest, continuously operating iron mine. The miners worked three miles under the ocean in Conception Bay, in what was, during its lifetime, the world's most extensive submarine iron mine. This is the story of the miners, of their workday, of the conditions in the mines, the story of the horses and the rats, of the fun that relieved the tedium and of the tragedies.
Publisher: Breakwater Books
ISBN: 9780920911693
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
For seventy-one years, iron ore was mined at Wabana, Bell Island: half the output was used in Canada; the other half was shipped around the world. When the mine shut down on June 30, 1966, it was Canada's oldest, continuously operating iron mine. The miners worked three miles under the ocean in Conception Bay, in what was, during its lifetime, the world's most extensive submarine iron mine. This is the story of the miners, of their workday, of the conditions in the mines, the story of the horses and the rats, of the fun that relieved the tedium and of the tragedies.
The Enemy on Our Doorstep
Author: Steve Neary
Publisher: St. John's, Nfld. : Jesperson Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Publisher: St. John's, Nfld. : Jesperson Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Bell Island, Newfoundland, and the Wabana Mine
Author: Philip Goldring
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Iron mines and mining
Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Iron mines and mining
Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description