The Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove Museum

The daughter of a woman who taught at St. Francis of Assisi donated a series of hand-made yearbooks to the museum last week. When reading through these books, I came across an entry that was made by our very own former Heritage Committee Chair, Delores Wheeler (nee Kinsella). Her entry reads:            "My name is Delours 'Tubby' Kinsella. My eyes are green and my hair is brown.      I was born on August 7th 1958 in St. Claire's Hospital.      We have ten in the family, nine girls and one boy.      The hobby I like most is collecting stamps to help the sick.      I have something that interests me and that is swimming. It interests me because it is something to do in the summertime.       My favorite joke is      Q, What did the man say when he threw the clock through the window      A, He said, 'See how time flies?'"  I asked Delores where the nickname "Tubby" came from, and she replied:      "I was a li

On this day in 1901, history was made. It was the 85th annual Royal St. John's Regatta. " Not a cloud was visible in the blue canopy of the heavens and the sun shone so hot that one could scarcely turn his eyes towards the skies for its dazzling brightness.  Just a slight breeze was blowing  which covered the lake with gentle ripples and added fourfold to its g reat natural beauty." - The Evening Telegram, 1901 A rivalry between Outer Cove and Torbay had been ongoing for years. Torbay had beaten Outer Cove by the slightest of margins in the morning race, so tensions were running at an all time high. The Outer Cove Fishermen's Crew was made up of the following men:  Walter Power, coxswain; John Whelan, stroke; Daniel McCarthy, No.5; Denis McCarthy, No. 4; Denis Croke, No. 3; John Nugent, No. 2; Martin Boland No. 1.   They entered the waters that afternoon for the championship race in their soon-to-be-famous vessel, the Blue Peter. They were facing off w

There is a heart-warming story that exists in this community, and it has been relayed to me by several visitors here at the museum. The narrative is of two Newfoundland woman who, completely by chance, ended up living side-by-side in Boston. Their names were Annie Burke (nee Cadigan) and Nellie Fitzgerald (nee Gibbons). Annie Burke (nee Cadigan) ca. 1915 Annie Cadigan was born in 1891, and grew up in the community of Logy Bay. When she was 12 years old, she fell through a fishing stage and severely injured her leg. Local doctors believed her leg was irreversibly damaged, and so advised that it be amputated. Her sister, Mary, lived in Boston, and thought it may be best to have her sister come and see a Doctor whom she knew there, Dr. O'Shea.  Nellie Fitzgerald (nee Gibbons) ca. 1914 Nellie Gibbons was born in the Redlands on the north shore of Conception Bay in 1888. She and a fellow named James Fitzgerald were writing to one another, and the courtship landed her in