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"Churches of Newfoundland"
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"The Roman Catholic Church"
The Roman Catholic Basilica at St. John's, Newfoundland. Circa 1905. Newfoundland was the first colony in British North America to have a permanent Catholic priest. In 1629, a Catholic priest lived in Ferryland Newfoundland. 
The Roman Catholic Cathederal at Placentia Newfoundland. Circa 1905.

 
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"Placentia - The Old French Capital of Newfoundland."The Roman Catholic Cathederal at Placentia can be seen in the center of this photo.  Photo by W.E. Lyon circa 1905.

 
"The Church of England"
The Anglican Church in Harbour Grace, Newfoundland. This church was built circa 1835-1842.  A Church of England chapel was opened in 1774. A Church of England clergyman was assigned to Harbour Grace in 1799.

In 1778 there were :

4,462 Protestants, 
1,006 Catholics
In 1857 there were:
1,775 Church of England,
2,491 Roman Catholic,
755 Wesleyan Methodists
and 75 Presbyterians.
This is Battle harbour, Labrador. 
The Church of England can be seen to the right of this photograph. This Church was designed by the Englishman Rev. Grey, who first visited the community in 1846. The Church was built in 1848.

Battle Harbour, Labrador was a major fishing station in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. A Grenfell Mission was established in the community and  it has been referred to as "The Capital of Labrador". Family names include: Rumbolt, Snook, Ancrman. 
The Church of England at Carbonear, Newfoundland. 
Circa 1910.
Cupids, Newfoundland.
The Church of England can be seen on the right hand side of this picture. Cupids was originally settled in 1610.  In 1757, there were 959 residents od the community.

 
"The United Church in the Methodist Tradition"
"Methodist Church Parsonage, Carbonear, Newfoundland." Circa 1910.
In Carbonear, in 1857 there were: 
698 members of the Church of England,
2,361 Roman Catholic, 
1,748 Wesleyan Methodists, 
and 1 Presbyterian.

 
 
In 1610 Peter Easton established a fort at Harbour Grace and used Newfoundland as his base of operations until 1614.  In 1611, a French squadron of warships entered Harbour Grace to fight Peter Easton and his pirate fleet. The French were destroyed.

Buried in this United Church graveyard at Harbour Grace, Newfoundland,  are pirates who died in the bloody battle between the "Pirate Admiral" and the French Navy. Their graves are unmarked. Photo by J. Crummey

 

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