The Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove Museum

Red Cliff photo by the Conservation Corps Green Team 2007 Construction at the American Air Force Radar Station at Red Cliff started in 1951, and the base was operational from 1954 until 1962. The facility was one of a number of radar stations throughout North America and Greenland which were called the Pine Tree Line. The purpose of the Pine Tree Line was to act as a defence system against enemy aircraft. Gander, Goose Bay and Argentia were all part of this defence system. Their goal was to protect North America from potential invasion, and day-to-day operations at Red Cliff involved contacting and identifying all incoming aircraft to Newfoundland airspace, directing said aircraft to Gander or Torbay, facilitating distress calls and aiding the Coast Guard search and rescue efforts, and being at the ready in case of unidentified aircraft needing to be escorted or intercepted. Red Cliff photo by the Conservation Corps Green Team 2007 Red Cliff was a semi-remote, self-su

Looking through the Sports section of the museum, the dominant theme is of course the 1901 Outer Cove Crew. But Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove has a long history with the Royal St. John's Regatta that goes well beyond the championship races of 1901 and 1982. 1926 Regatta Silver Cup [999.1.1] One item that catches the eye among the Regatta programs is a silver cup. This cup reads: ST. JOHN'S REGATTA 1926 PRESENTED BY HIS EXCELLENCY SIR WILLIAM ALLARDYCE K.C.M.G. Sir William Lamond Allardyce was the governor of Newfoundland from 1922-1928. According to the program for the day, Allardyce was offering the Governor's Cup for the quickest time of the day, which came with a bonus of $20. Lady Allardyce, Hon. W.J. Higgins and Governor Allardyce at the Regatta during Sir Douglas Haig's visit, 1942. Maritime History Archives [ PF 315.318] This cup was won by the Outer Cove crew in the Star of the Sea with a time in the championship race of 9:41:00.

A little while ago we posted an article on the museum facebook page from Decks Awash that talked about the dairying business in Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove. While we may all be focused on #CapelinRoll2016 and waiting for those little fish to roll on to the beach at Middle Cove, it is important to know that there is more to the area than just the fishery. Capelin would often be caught in large quantities to be used as fertilizer for local farms and gardens. From This Way to The Grotto... 1984. This week we turn to the agricultural history of Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove. A tour of Marine Drive and Outer Cove Road shows the farming history of the area, with many residents using fishing to supplement their livelihoods, and hoping every spring that they can get their small farms established before the fishing season started. Seed sower [007.1.10] One tool used in farming was the seed sower. There are two different styles of sower at the museum, a simple one and a m

Source: http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/46360/title/First-Photo-of-Intact-Giant-Squid--1874/ Squid are strange creatures. To this day little is known about many of them, least of all is known about the giant squid. But it is a fact that the first picture of a giant squid was made possible by fishermen from Logy Bay. Before then, it was considered a creature of mythology, and the fishermen in Newfoundland that were attacked by these creatures were considered by some -- in the new age of rationality -- to be fools. This photographic evidence would serve as a photograph which "could not lie and would silence the gainsayers", according to the buyer of the squid, Moses Harvey. A year before this picture was taken, fishermen from Portugal Cove who were manning a small boat, had cut off a couple of tentacles from a giant squid. One of these tentacles served as a meal for a dog, another 19 foot tentacle was brought to a Presbyterian Irish priest as eviden

Capelin are what is known as an r-selected species, which means that their strategy as a species is focused on quantity or high growth rate, instead of investing heavily into any single member of their species (such as humans, whales, etc). As such, finding ideal conditions to reproduce in are fundamental in the same sense that education is fundamental to people, as a strategy. El Niño is associated with a band of warm ocean water that develops in the central and east-central equatorial Pacific and this can affect global climates in a variety of ways. Its impact on the Atlantic is generally considered negligible as far as Newfoundland itself is concerned when we are specifically looking at surface ocean temperatures. However it does have the effect of heating up waters to the south such as in the Gulf of Mexico. This may be important because capelin are pelagic fishes, "pelagic" is derived from Greek πέλαγος (pélagos), meaning "open sea". These are essentially f

In honour of Memorial Day, July 1st in Newfoundland, this week's museum highlight features a First World War era bayonet. Bayonet donated by Gordon Flynn [999.4.4] Bayonets are a knife or dagger shaped weapon which is attached to a gun, typically a rifle, to create a longer reach. They bayonet is used as a last resort combat weapon, but are also used to control prisoners, check to see if a body is dead, and as utility knives. Bayonet. Note the modifications made. This bayonet is a Ross Rifle Co. blade that was made in Quebec. The maker's mark reads "Ross Rifle Co / Quebec / Patented 1907" and it is date stamped 3-10 (March 1910) with  a faded arrowhead in a circle which indicates ownership by the Canadian Government. The characteristic I I indicating a Mk. II is absent, instead it reads 08, and the inspection number is also 8. The crown over the inspection number is also faded. This type of bayonet was not adopted until 1908, even if the patent was fo