Map showing the location of Burin Peninsula in Newfoundland and Labrador
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Place

Burin Peninsula

region

Map location of Burin Peninsula

Books here

  • subjectHighway to Valour

    Margaret Duley

    Both Heritage NL and the Wikipedia entry (drawing on Alison Feder's Memorial University monograph on Duley) explicitly anchor the novel to the Burin Peninsula tsunami.

  • settingOil and Water

    Robert Chafe

    Oil and Water (Robert Chafe) — anchored to the Burin Peninsula via St. Lawrence, the 1942 wreck-and-rescue site.

References

  1. 1.Highway to Valour: Margaret Duley, Highway to Valour (Macmillan, 1941), framing via heritage.nf.ca biographical essay
  2. 2.Oil and Water: Robert Chafe, Oil and Water (Playwrights Canada Press, 2016), via publisher description