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from Cape Race · by Robert C. Parsons · set at Renews
“Today a section of the East Coast Hiking Trail that extends from Cape Race to St. John's commemorates the arduous trek of Florence survivors. As for Renews, located 83 kilometres south of St. John's, it was not the first time immigrants from across the Atlantic had stopped at the picturesque town. It was settled in the 16th century by migratory seasonal fishermen, then by English/Irish colonists and planters.”
Parsons situates the Florence shipwreck story precisely at Cape Race / Renews and ties it to the East Coast Trail.
Robert C. Parsons, Cape Race (Flanker Press, 2011), publisher-licensed Everand preview — source
Many people on Canada’s east coast, the maritime regions, have experienced the temperament of the North Atlantic Ocean: beautiful, moody, mysterious. The cold Atlantic has a capacity, with its tremendous force and power, to take human life seemingly at will; however, it has also spared lives and allowed miraculous escapes. source
