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Builders of the George Street Church:
Richard Atwill & William Campbell By Suzanne Sexty
The buildings of a city offer us an opportunity to connect with the past and those who have peopled it. Using the George Street United Church as a starting point, we can consider the lives of two men who were instrumental in constructing that building: the mason, Richard Atwill, and the joiner, William Campbell....
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CAPTAIN BOB BARTLETT: MARGARET FITZHUGH BROWNE'S PORTRAIT OF
CAPT. BOB BARTLETT By Crystal Parsons
Here
we examine how one portrait — of
Captain Bob Bartlett (1875 – 1946)
painted by Margaret Fitzhugh Browne
(1884 – 1972) — became a meeting place
for some of the greatest figures of the
day from Canada, the United States,
Great Britain and Newfoundland...
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KARLUK'S LOST SCOTSMAN By Nix Wadden
For us sedentary types who wouldn't dream of
venturing on dangerous explorations of the
grim Canadian Arctic, it is a rare and special
treat to come into touch with someone who's
lived that experience. The tragic story of a young
Scotsman, Alexander "Sandy" Anderson, who
sailed with Newfoundland hero Bob Bartlett
intrigued me through a letter his sister wrote
about him half a century later...
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