551
edits
Snook's Harbour: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
→Businesses
| (10 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
[[Category:Communities of Random Island]] | [[Category:Communities of Random Island]] | ||
<!-- Infobox begins --> | <!-- Infobox begins --> | ||
{{Infobox settlement | {{Infobox settlement | ||
| Line 58: | Line 57: | ||
| footnotes = | | footnotes = | ||
| module = {{Historical populations | | module = {{Historical populations | ||
|1884|65<ref name="martin_census"/> | |||
|1891|88<ref name="martin_census"/> | |||
|1901|49<ref name="martin_census"/> | |||
|1911|51<ref name="martin_census"/> | |||
|1921|44<ref name="martin_census"/> | |||
|1935|51<ref name="census1935"/> | |1935|51<ref name="census1935"/> | ||
|1945|70<ref name="census1945"/> | |1945|70<ref name="census1945"/> | ||
|1951|62<ref name="martin_census"/> | |||
|1961|61<ref name="martin_census"/> | |||
|1971|78<ref name="martin_census"/> | |||
|1981|81<ref name="martin_census"/> | |||
|[[w:Canada 2001 Census|2001]]|562 | |[[w:Canada 2001 Census|2001]]|562 | ||
|[[w:Canada 2006 Census|2006]]|557 | |[[w:Canada 2006 Census|2006]]|557 | ||
| Line 76: | Line 84: | ||
| denomination = United Church | | denomination = United Church | ||
| closed date = c.1989 | | closed date = c.1989 | ||
}} | |||
{{Infobox school | |||
| name = Snook's Harbour School | |||
| image = snooks_harbour_school.jpeg | |||
| image_size = 250 | |||
| established = c.1930 | |||
| closed = c.1967 | |||
| footnotes = Building used as a community center for many years after closure | |||
| grades = K - 8 | |||
| type = One Room | |||
}} | }} | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{short description|Community of Random Island}} | |||
<!-- Infobox ends --> | <!-- Infobox ends --> | ||
'''Snook's Harbour''' is a community on the north side of [[Random Island]], fronting on [[Smith Sound]]. | '''Snook's Harbour''' is a community on the north side of [[Random Island]], fronting on [[Smith Sound]]. | ||
Its name is thought to be derived from the name | Its name is thought to be derived from the name of winter woods workers and the fairly large harbour. While shallow, the harbour is one of the few sheltered locations on the Smith Sound side of Random Island. | ||
The community itself is really a consolidation of three communities, Snook's Harbour itself, but also the outlying [[Sooley's Brook]] and [[Wake's Brook]]. | The community itself is really a consolidation of three communities, Snook's Harbour itself, but also the outlying [[Sooley's Brook]] and [[Wake's Brook]]. | ||
| Line 93: | Line 111: | ||
Shortly thereafter, we see names such as [[Belbin]], [[Cooper]], [[Hefford]], [[Jacobs]], [[Loder]] and [[Ryan]] entering the records. | Shortly thereafter, we see names such as [[Belbin]], [[Cooper]], [[Hefford]], [[Jacobs]], [[Loder]] and [[Ryan]] entering the records. | ||
From Wilfred Martin's books, we see that two brothers named James and John Baker lived at Sooley's Brook in the early 1870s | From Wilfred Martin's books, we see that two brothers named James and John Baker lived at Sooley's Brook in the early 1870s. While it can't be identified with certainty their origin, based on records of names and dates, it appears likely they had their origins in Heart's Ease and/or Rider's Harbour.<ref>{{cite book | ||
|last=Martin | |last=Martin | ||
|first=Wilfred B.W. | |first=Wilfred B.W. | ||
| Line 121: | Line 139: | ||
}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
The Loders themselves appear to be the original family to actually settle in the harbour itself. John Loder, and wife Jane | The Loders themselves appear to be the original family to actually settle in the harbour itself. John Loder, and wife Jane Tilley Smith of Elliott's Cove being the first. John was the son of Silas, a planter from Ireland's Eye.<ref>{{cite book | ||
|last=Martin | |last=Martin | ||
|first=Wilfred B.W. | |first=Wilfred B.W. | ||
| Line 182: | Line 200: | ||
===Snook's Harbour Methodist/United Church=== | ===Snook's Harbour Methodist/United Church=== | ||
A school-chapel served the | A school-chapel served the Methodist population of Snook's Harbour during the early 1900s, at which time there were plans for a combined church to be built with [[Apsey Brook]]. For whatever reason, those plans fell through, and in 1927, it was reported that the town was building a new church.<ref>{{cite book | ||
|last=Martin | |last=Martin | ||
|first=Wilfred B.W. | |first=Wilfred B.W. | ||
| Line 197: | Line 215: | ||
===Snook's Harbour School=== | ===Snook's Harbour School=== | ||
The Methodists opened a school-chapel in Snook's Harbour in 1895, and continued to operate a school till the 1960s. The establishment of this later school is unknown, but expected based on the date of church construction that it was some time after 1927. | |||
==Businesses== | ==Businesses== | ||
*[[Smith Brickyard]] | *[[Smith Brickyard]] | ||
*[[Jane Loder's General Store]] | |||
*[[Hefford's Store]] | *[[Hefford's Store]] | ||
*[[Baxter Baker's Store]] | *[[Baxter Baker's Store]] | ||
| Line 230: | Line 250: | ||
<ref name="census1945">{{cite web |url=http://ngb.chebucto.org/C1945/45-snooks-hbr-tb-n.shtml |title=1945 Newfoundland Census for Snook's Harbour}}</ref> | <ref name="census1945">{{cite web |url=http://ngb.chebucto.org/C1945/45-snooks-hbr-tb-n.shtml |title=1945 Newfoundland Census for Snook's Harbour}}</ref> | ||
<ref name="census1935">{{cite web |url=http://ngb.chebucto.org/C1935/35-snooks-hbr-tb.shtml |title=1935 Newfoundland Census for Snook's Harbour}}</ref> | <ref name="census1935">{{cite web |url=http://ngb.chebucto.org/C1935/35-snooks-hbr-tb.shtml |title=1935 Newfoundland Census for Snook's Harbour}}</ref> | ||
<ref name="martin_census">{{cite book | |||
|last=Martin | |||
|first=Wilfred B.W. | |||
|author-link= | |||
|year=1990 | |||
|title=Random Island Pioneers | |||
|url=https://www.amazon.ca/Random-Island-Pioneers/dp/0920021727 | |||
|location= | |||
|publisher=Creative Publishers | |||
|pages=36 | |||
|isbn=0-920021-72-7 | |||
|chapter=Settlements and Early Industries | |||
}}</ref> | |||
}} | }} | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[https://collections.mun.ca/digital/collection/cns_enl/id/3799/rec/1 Snook's Harbour - Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador, vol. 5, p. 226.] | *[https://collections.mun.ca/digital/collection/cns_enl/id/3799/rec/1 Snook's Harbour - Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador, vol. 5, p. 226.] | ||
*[https://collections.mun.ca/digital/collection/cns_decks/id/6564/rec/14 Random Island - Decks Awash, vol. 12, no. 02 (March-April 1983)] | *[https://collections.mun.ca/digital/collection/cns_decks/id/6564/rec/14 Random Island - Decks Awash, vol. 12, no. 02 (March-April 1983)] | ||