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Haunted ground

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by Dale Jarvis


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  About the Author

  Dale Jarvis works as the Intangible Cultural Heritage Development Officer for the Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador, helping communities to safeguard traditional culture, the first full-time provincially funded folklorist position in Canada. Dale holds a B.Sc. in anthropology/archaeology from Trent University, and a M.A. in folklore from Memorial University. He is a past president of the Newfoundland Historic Trust, and has contributed as a board member and volunteer to many local arts and heritage organizations. He regularly teaches workshops on oral history, cultural documentation, folklore project management, and public folklore programming.

  By night, Dale is the proprietor of the St. John’s Haunted Hike ghost tour and raconteur of local tales. As a storyteller, he performs ghost stories, stories of the fairies and little people, tales of phantom ships and superstitions, and legends and traditional tales from Newfoundland, Labrador, and beyond. His repertoire includes long-form folk and fairy tales from the island, with a wide-ranging knowledge of local legends, tall tales, and myths. A newspaper columnist and author of several books on Newfoundland and Labrador ghost stories and folklore, he is a tireless promoter of local culture.

  INDEX

  Adams, Ryan 23

  Alexander Bay 155, 157, 159

  Angle Brook Road, Glovertown 105, 109

  Anglo-Newfoundland Development Company 51, 105

  Anticosti Island 13

  Apsey, George 9

  Argentia 69

  Ascension Collegiate 23, 79

  Avalon Peninsula 158

  Avalon Wilderness Preserve 158

  Back Cove 150

  Bailey, Garland 19

  Baine Johnston 21

  Balsam Street, St. John�
�s 178

  Banks Cove 150

  Banks, Jane (Waterman) 150

  Banks, John 150

  Banks Meadow 150

  Banks, William 150

  Bareneed xi, 131

  Barnes, Daniel R. 123

  Barr’d Islands 147

  Bay de L’Eau 95, 98

  Bay du Nord 139

  Bay of Islands 134

  Bay Roberts xi, 23, 33, 36, 63, 65, 79, 81, 83, 85, 87, 88, 90, 131, 132, 169

  Bay Roberts Cultural Foundation 79, 87, 94

  Bay Roberts East 88

  Bay St. George 13, 16, 17, 64

  Beck, Horace 43

  Beaver Pond 169

  Belleoram 38

  Bell Island 43-45

  Bell Island Steamship Company 43

  Bennett, C. F. 51

  Bennett, Judge 37

  Benoit, Joe 13-17

  Benoit, Paul 14-16

  Beothuk 102, 155-159

  Birchy Cove 19, 20

  Bird Island Cove 59, 61

  Bishop Feild College 83

  Bishop’s Beach 94

  Bishop’s Falls 105

  Blackbeard 136

  Black Duck Siding 119-121

  Black Head 45

  Blaketown 117

  Bloody Bay 158, 159

  Bloody Bay Reach 157

  Bloody Point 157-159

  Bodner, John 116

  Bonavista 3, 9, 60, 61, 131, 135, 193, 194

  Bonavista Bay 22, 73, 158

  Bonavista Peninsula 59, 134

  Bond, Susan McDonald 95

  Boulevard, St. John’s 161-165

  Bown, Addison 43

  Boyd, Erin 120

  Boyd’s Cove 49

  Bradbury, Robert C. 87

  Branch 204

  Brenton, Bruce 157

  Brigus 9, 66, 83, 86, 87, 169, 171

  Brimstone Head 150

  Brown’s Point 179

  Brunvand, Jan 123, 124

  Bullen, Josiah 73

  Bullen, Meta 73

  Burgeo 13, 175

  Burin Peninsula 91, 98

  Burry, Emma 68

  Butt’s Point 148

  Byrne, Ashley 203

  Cabot Tower 129

  California 36

  Camp Ashanti 119-121, 125

  Cann Island 134

  Cape Broyle 141

  Cape la Hune 33, 38

  Cape Pine 21

  Cape Shore 135

  Cap Rouge 55

  Carbonear 23, 25, 45, 116, 118, 187, 189, 193, 202

  Carmanville 117, 122

  Carroll, Lewis 175

  Casey Gulch 59

  Casey, Kitty 59-63

  Casey, Patrick “Paddy” 59, 61

  Catalina 20

  Cavendish 30

  Chambers, Paul 202

  Change Islands 116, 205

  Chesapeake, Virgina 136

  Chestertown, Maryland 183

  Chisel Hill 141

  Church Hill, Bay Roberts 65

  Church of England 83

  Circular Road, St. John’s 163

  Clarenville 36

  Clarke, Eanie 117

  Clarke’s Beach 77-81, 131, 206

  Coish, Della 148, 149, 155

  Cokes, E. 71

  Colbourne, Winston 102

  Cold Brook 117

  Cole, Richard 59

  Cole, Robert 161

  Coles-Hayley, Marilyn 61

  Coley’s Point xi, xii

  Colliers 177, 181, 183

  Collins, George 13

  Collins, Joseph 13

  Colorado River 111

  Comfort Cove 177, 180

  Comfort Cove Road 180, 181

  Conception Bay xi, 9, 11, 85, 87, 93, 131, 137, 183

  Conception Harbour 181

  Connaigre Peninsula 70

  Cook, James 13

  Corbett, Brittany 79

  Corner Brook 116, 118, 120, 142, 143, 206

  Courish, Maggie 130

  Crane’s Hill, Bay Roberts 88

  Crane’s Hill Road, Bay Roberts 88

  Crewe, Nimshi 59-61

  Crouse 55-58

  “Crusty Harry” 19

  Cupids 131, 183-185

  Curley’s Cove 159

  Custer’s Head 158

  Dahl, Richard S. 93

  Daisy May 57, 58

  Davis, Horace 134

  Davis, John 134

  Dawe, Captain 45

  Deadman’s Cove 73

  Deadman’s Cove Road 72

  Decker, George 102

  Deer Lake 111, 115, 120, 126

  Delaney, P. 71

  Devine, Patrick Kevin 143, 156

  de Vos, Gail 171

  d’Iberville, Pierre Le Moyne 157

  Doctor’s Harbour 33, 38

  Dorset, England 137

  Dosa, David 26, 27

  Dover Castle 91

  Dover, England 91

  Drummer’s Pond 90

  Drummer’s Rock 87, 89, 90, 94

  Duffy, James 139-145

  Dunville 90

  Duval, Jenelle 118

  Eastern Corner, Whiteway 30

  Eastport 73

  East White Hills Road, St. John’s 161

  Eiriksfjord, Greenland 97

  Eiriksson, Thorstein 96, 97

  Eiriksson, Thorvald 96, 97, 102

  Eliot, T. S. 188

  Elizabeth River 136

  Elliston 59, 60, 62

  Emily Harbour 7, 9, 11, 12

  Empire Avenue, St. John’s 163

  England 51, 63, 83, 91, 137, 185

  English, L. E. F. xi, 133

  English, Leo 86

  Etheridge’s Point 174, 179, 180

  Father Duffy’s Well 139-145

  Feltham, Paula 110

  Ferguson, Mark 147

  Fermeuse 141

  Ferryland 184

  Fisher, Chantel 3-6

  Fitzgerald, Ned 92

  Fleming, Bishop 140

  Flynn, Mike 169, 170

  Fogo 149, 150

  Fogo Island 147-153, 155, 178

  Fogo Island Literacy Association 148

  Fortune Bay 38, 98

  Fox Harbour 90

  Fox Island River 119

  French’s Cove 87, 88

  Front Road, Bay Roberts 88, 94

  Furlong, Francis 173, 175

  Gallows Cove 133

  Gander 123

  Garden Cove 92

  Garia 13, 14, 16

  Garia Bay 13, 14

  Gaulton, Barry 184

  Georges, Robert A. 77

  Georgestown, St. John’s 189

  Georgia 183

  Glengarry, Scotland 139

  Glovertown 105, 108-111, 113, 159

  Godwin, Bill 147, 148

  Goose Cove 203

  Gosse, Wesley 35

  Gough, T. J. 140, 141

  Gower Street, St. John’s 187, 201

  Grand Bank 25, 98

  Grand Banks 69

  Grand Falls–Windsor 105, 143

  Graveyard Cove 11

  Gray and Goodland 14

  Great Northern Peninsula 55, 103, 115, 121, 203

  Green Island 134

  Green Point 133

  Gulf Stream 69

  Hant’s Harbour 155, 157, 158

  Harbour
Breton 69, 72, 73

  Harbour Grace 37, 45, 90

  Harbour Le Cou 13

  Harbour Mille 95, 98, 99

  Harmon Air Force Base 115

  Hawkins, Catherine 184

  Hay Cove 102

  Head of Bay D’Espoir 69, 71

  Heart’s Content 116, 193

  Heart’s Content Barrens 116

  Heart’s Delight 31, 195

  Hedderson, Jack 102

  Heritage New Perlican 205

  Heritage Walking Trail 94

  Hermitage 197

  Hicks, Lloyd 60

  Higgins, W. J. 143

  Hiscock, Philip 139

  Holyrood 140, 142

  Hoover Dam 111

  Hopkins, Anastacia 119

  Howley, James P. 157-159

  Howley, Michael Francis 14, 16, 17

  Howse, Matthew 119

  Huntley, Dick 92

  Hussey, Greta 133

  Iceland 97, 100, 101

  Igloo Road 117, 122

  Indian Burying Place 127

  Indian Cove 93

  Indian Head 64

  Ingonish, Nova Scotia 136

  Ingstad, Anne (Stine) 95, 101

  Ingstad, Helge 95, 101

  Ireland 136, 140, 142, 189

  Ireland’s Eye 42, 46, 136, 137

  Island Harbour 148, 149

  Islington 29, 32

  Jamieson, Charles 1

  J. Munn and Company 9

  Joe Batt’s Arm 173, 174, 177-179

  John Guy 43

  Jones, George 66

  Juggler’s Cove 132

  Junction Brook 111

  J.W. Hiscock’s 9

  Keeping, Jeff 116

  Kelly’s Brook 93

  King Academy 72

  King’s Bridge 161

  King’s Bridge Road, St. John’s 161, 165

  Kinsella, P. J. 81

  Kipawa 43

  Knights of Columbus 145

  Kolek, Ron 100

  Labrador Current 69

  Labrador Straits 7

  Lajeunesse, Henri 55, 57, 58

  Lambert, Ryan 72, 73

  Lane, Watson 159

  L’Anse aux Meadows 95, 98-101, 103

  La Poile 13, 25

  Larkin’s Hill 91

  Lewisporte 116, 180

  Little Bay West 73

  Livingstone Street, St. John’s 178

  Loch Oich 139

  London, England 63

  Long Harry 131

  Long Range Mountains 14

  Loyal Orange Lodge 99

  Mad Rock 132, 133

 

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