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Whiteley house and cod-fishing installations on the island of Bonne Espérance. (Whiteley Family Collection)

The Whiteley Museum

St. Paul’s River region

The Whiteley Museum pays tribute to the traditional salt cod fishery and the way of life that grew up around it in the St. Paul’s River region.

 

The displays highlight the contribution of the Whiteley family, who operated a fishing post on the island of Bonne Espérance from the late 1860s to the mid-1940s.

 

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    302, BOUL. DE BONNE-ESPÉRANCE
    BONNE-ESPÉRANCE QUÉBEC G0G 2P0
    CANADA
    Louisa Ann (Thompson) Whiteley, William Henry Whiteley, and their children, 1881. (Collection of Patricia Whiteley)
    Cod trap fishing in the vicinity of St. Paul's River, circa 1905–1909 (Library and Archives Canada PA 193548)
    Whiteley-house-and-installations
    Cod trap fishing in the vicinity of St. Paul's River, circa 1905–1909 (Library and Archives Canada PA 193548)
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