A beautiful, yet tragic, story about the people and village of Grand Bruit. A warning of the possible danger of a social ghost town lurking in AI. Thank you Mel!
Great post. Why the picture of Twillingate which is on the opposite side of Newfoundland from Grand Bruit? I went on a vacation to Newfoundland with a dear friend, recently deceased, Bill Northrup, in 2007. He had a friend with a cabin in Twillingate who was away for an extended period, and we got to use the cabin for 10 days. Every day we wandered around Twillingate and the hiking trails around the town and along the exquisite coastline. One of the best vacations I've ever had. Such amazing natural beauty. I still look at pictures from that trip frequently. So I was very curious about your picture.
Thanks, Tim. With the outports on the souther coast gone now, I couldn't find a good photo to represent the village of Grand Bruit as I remember it. This particular photo captures the look of the docks and boathouses along the harbor. Back in the '80s, I traveled through all parts of Newfoundland, only briefly through the area around Twillingate. The hiking around Grand Bruit was breathtaking but probably a bit different from yours in the northeast. Because it was so sparsely populated, I could go out in the morning with a thermos of coffee and find a remote spot with bueberries growing. I'd sit and have a breakfast of blueberries and coffee where no human had walked in ages.
A beautiful, yet tragic, story about the people and village of Grand Bruit. A warning of the possible danger of a social ghost town lurking in AI. Thank you Mel!
Great post. Why the picture of Twillingate which is on the opposite side of Newfoundland from Grand Bruit? I went on a vacation to Newfoundland with a dear friend, recently deceased, Bill Northrup, in 2007. He had a friend with a cabin in Twillingate who was away for an extended period, and we got to use the cabin for 10 days. Every day we wandered around Twillingate and the hiking trails around the town and along the exquisite coastline. One of the best vacations I've ever had. Such amazing natural beauty. I still look at pictures from that trip frequently. So I was very curious about your picture.
Thanks, Tim. With the outports on the souther coast gone now, I couldn't find a good photo to represent the village of Grand Bruit as I remember it. This particular photo captures the look of the docks and boathouses along the harbor. Back in the '80s, I traveled through all parts of Newfoundland, only briefly through the area around Twillingate. The hiking around Grand Bruit was breathtaking but probably a bit different from yours in the northeast. Because it was so sparsely populated, I could go out in the morning with a thermos of coffee and find a remote spot with bueberries growing. I'd sit and have a breakfast of blueberries and coffee where no human had walked in ages.
Wonderful!