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Downhome

Back Where He Belongs. (December 2018)

Caught in the Halifax Explosion (November 2019)

The Christmas Baby (December 2019)

Community of the Month – Hodge’s Cove (December 2004)

Community of the Month – Little Heart’s Ease (January 2000)

Crash Landing at St. Jones Without (September 2020)

Encounter with German U-27 (March 2020)

A Fisherman’s Life and Death (April 2018)

Fearless Sailor (March 2018)

Fishing with Pap (August 2022)

The Gamblin’ Cloth (April 2020)

Growing Up Railside (September 2022)

Hidden Gem of Southwest Arm (December 2020)

If this Old House Could Talk (March 2019)

Last of the Cod Ranchers (August 2017)

Long Beach Reunion (March 2016)

Lumberjack Love Story (November 2022)

A Mother’s Sacrifice (February 2019)

Out of the Ashes (October 2016)

Prisoner of War, The Shocking True Story of Private Andrew Shaw (July 2018)

Rings of Destiny (January 2021)

Road Trip to Remember (February 2021)

The Ruby Crew (October 2016)

Sailors Who Became Lumberjacks (July 2020)

The Soldier Behind the Statue (July 2019)

Tragedy on the Barrens (June 2019)

Tragic Loss of HMS Laurentic (November 2018)

A Veteran Remembers (April 2018)

 

New Items-

- 1972 photo of United Church On the Point, Little Heart's Ease
- 1972 photo of Southport
- Smoked Herring from Newfoundland, 1924
- Profile of Captain John Peddle (1850-1918)
- Photo c1960s of Lower side of Little Heart's Ease
- Two photos added to People of Little Heart's Ease
- Photo of St. Jones Within, c1960s
- Fatality at Harpoon Steady, 1923
- 1964 photo of Little Heart's Ease
- Clarenville Packet, August 1968
- Obituaries for William Drodge, 1951; Elizabeth Ann Smith, 1958; Stephen Price, 1958
- Clarenville Packet, July 1968
- Additional information on Salvation Army
- Obituary for Kenneth Hastings, 1968
- Obituaries for Sarah (Sally) Drover (nee Barfitt) and Minnie Murphy (nee Seward)
- Bloomfield edges Hodge's Cove 5-4, Clarenville Packet, March 28, 1968
- Updated information on schooner A. Davis
- Obituary for Alphaeus Barfitt, 1975

Honouring Southwest Arm Military Women

  (Click on image to enlarge)   The general public is invited to attend this year’s … [Read More...]

Remembrance Day 2025

On Remembrance Day, the Southwest Arm Historical Society will be be holding a special ceremony at … [Read More...]

2025 Summer Events:

July  1st: Memorial Service at 10:50 a.m. at the Southwest Arm War Memorial, Hodge's … [Read More...]

Remembrance Day 2023

Special thanks to Crystal Martin for all her work on this wonderful video of our Remembrance Day … [Read More...]

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