Our trip today was short, really short, only 1.5 hours to Corner Brook (the 5th largest city in Newfoundland) so lots of time for sightseeing. That’s John & me with Captain James Cook, one of the most famous of the British explorers. You could say his reputation started here in 1763-1767 when he directed a survey that charted most of western Newfoundland’s coastline and was used for the next 100 years. Because of his success there he was sent on exploratory trips to many places including Tahiti, New Zealand, and Australia and was the first man to cross both the Arctic and Antarctic Circles. In 1779 he stopped in Hawaii, got into an “altercation” with the locals and was mortally wounded. He was given a ceremonial funeral by the locals during which he may or may not have been eaten. (Perhaps he should have stayed in Newfoundland.)
After checking into the Glymill Inn built 99 years ago (which thankfully has been modernized a bit but still retains its charm) John & I went for a walk on one of the city trails of which they have lots and which seem to get a lot of use. No moose were spotted. However, earlier I was talking to a hunter who, along with his 3 buddies, had just returned from a week long hunting trip where they were dropped off by sea plane. He said it was really rough going through the woods, bogs and swamps but they managed to bag two moose. Butchering, boning and backpacking the meat to the pick up site took 3 days. They planned ahead, brought a trailer with a couple of freezers and had gotten the export papers so they could take the meat back.
After those two gruesome stories and because there’s not a whole lot more to do in Corner Brook, I’ll now give you 2 words of the day…
Fourer = a light refreshment at 4:00 with tea and biscuit (my favorite time of day)
Hot ass = a tin kettle with a large flat bottom and sides tapering to the top and used to heat water quickly on a wood stove for tea.
PS - The pulp mill in town provides the newsprint that used by Dow Jones/Wall Street Journal and Gannet.
Gee. I would've thought it was too small an area to raise all that wood pulp!
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