A BONA VISTA!
A Bona Vista, Giovanni Caboto (John Cabot) has been quoted as saying in 1497, when he sighted land and claimed New-Founde-Lande for Britain. He noted the plentiful cod stocks and for the next several hundred years people arrived from England, Ireland, Portugal and France to fish.
With the growth of Bonavista's population, merchants soon established mercantile centres to buy the planters' (people who established the new community) fish and to sell them goods.
Many exporting firms became very wealthy as can be seen in the reconstructed Ryan Premises. It is a National Historic Site of Canada which commemorates five centuries of commercial fishing on the east coast. Bonavista became the principal mercantile centre on the northeast coast during the mid eighteen hundreds. Houses and outbuildings were built on land well back from the water making use of narrow paths which eventually became became lane ways and roads threading in every direction across marshes and over hills. We enjoyed these narrows winding roads as we took photos of different kinds of architecture and fences.
Many exporting firms became very wealthy as can be seen in the reconstructed Ryan Premises. It is a National Historic Site of Canada which commemorates five centuries of commercial fishing on the east coast. Bonavista became the principal mercantile centre on the northeast coast during the mid eighteen hundreds. Houses and outbuildings were built on land well back from the water making use of narrow paths which eventually became became lane ways and roads threading in every direction across marshes and over hills. We enjoyed these narrows winding roads as we took photos of different kinds of architecture and fences.
Nearby is a full scale replica of John Cabot's ship "The Matthew". It was built by Newfoundland shipwrights and can be toured.
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