Gord Pike’s Quodlibets (Serialized Histories)

1988

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1991

“[Incorporation of Harbour Grace]” (September 18, 1991)”: Original

• “Open for Business” (September 25, 1991) | Original

• “Polio Epidemic Cancels First Fair” (October 2, 1991) | Original

• “The Harbour Grace Rifle Corps” (October 16, 1991) | Original

• “Linking North and South” (October 23, 1991) | Original

• “The Census of 1857” (November 20, 1991) | Original

• “The Cathedral That Was” (November 27, 1991) | Original

• “Newfoundland’s First Poet” (December 24, 1991) | Original

• “Mosquito, Conception Bay, a Remarkably Historic Fishing Village” (December 31, 1991) |Original: Part I / Part II

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1992

• “Seals, Seals and More Seals” (January 15, 1992) | Original

• “Harbour Grace Affray (Part I)” (January 22, 1992) | Original

• “Harbour Grace Affray (Part II)” (January 29, 1992) | Original: Part I / Part II / Part III

• “Harbour Grace Affray (Part III)” (February 5, 1992) | Original

• “Harbour Grace Affray (Part IV)” (February 12, 1992) | Original

• “Harbour Grace Affray (Part V)” (February 19, 1992) | Original: Part I / Part II / Part III / Part IV

• “Harbour Grace Minstrel Troupe” (February 26, 1992) | Original

• “The Carleton Skating Rink” (March 4, 1992) | Original

• “The Forgotten Fire” (March 11, 1992) | Original

• “I Stood by the Window” (March 18, 1992) | Original

• “The New Water Pipes” (March 25, 1992) | Original: Part I / Part II / Part III

• “Who Served Longest on Council” (April 1, 1992) | Original

• “Fire Brigade Regulated” (April 22, 1992) | Original: Part I / Part II / Part III

• “Cadet Band in First Public Appearance” (April 29, 1992) | Original

• “Driving the Golden Spike” (May 6, 1992) | Original

• “Great Excitement at Harbour Grace” (May 13, 1992) | Original

• “Church Workers Association of Harbour Grace” (May 27, 1992) | Original

“[SS Kyle: ‘Bulldog of the North’]” (June 10, 1992) | Original

• “Thompson Memorial Ambulance” (June 17, 1992) | Original

• “Harbour Grace Riot” (June 24, 1992) | Original

• “A Municipal Beginning” (November 11, 1992) | Original: Part I / Part II / Part III / Part IV / Part V

• “Orange and Green” (November 18, 1992) | Original: Part I / Part II / Part III

• “Boots and Shoes” (November 25, 1992) | Original

• “Sunday School Treat” (December 16, 1992) | Original

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1993

• “Let’s Compare Christmases” (January 27, 1993) | Original

• “Prominent People” (February 17, 1993) | Original

• “The South Side Story” (February 24, 1993) |Original: Part I / Part II

• “Another Pirate Arrives” (March 3, 1993) | Original

• “The Cornerstone of St. Paul’s Tower” (March 10, 1993) | Original

• “The First Town Council” (March 30, 1993) | Original: Part I / Part II

• “Some Council Work” (April 6, 1993) | Original: Part I / Part II

• “The Thompson Bequest” (April 13, 1993) | Original: Part I / Part II / Part III / Part IV

• “The Oldest Brigade (Part I)” (April 20, 1993) | Original

• “The Oldest Brigade (Part II)” (April 27, 1993) | Original

• “The Oldest Brigade (Part III)” (May 4, 1993) | Original

• “New Episcopal Church at Harbour Grace (Part I)” (May 11, 1993) | Original

• “New Episcopal Church at Harbour Grace (Part II)” (May 18, 1993) | Original

• “Harbour Grace Almost Totally Destroyed” (June 1, 1993) Original: Part I / Part II / Part III / Part IV / Part V / Part VI / Part VII / Part VIII / Part IX

• “A Year in Review [1852]” (June 15, 1993) | Original/

• “One Irate Citizen” (June 22, 1993) | Original: Part I / Part II

• “Consecration of Rev. John March” (June 29, 1993) | Original: Part I / Part II

• “Sir Richard Squires Presents Medals (July 6, 1993) | Original

• “A Look Back at the Regatta of 1911” (July 13, 1993) | Original

• “A Few Good Men” (July 20, 1993) | Original

• “Dirt Strip to Glory (Part I)” (July 27, 1993) | Original: Part I / Part II

• “Dirt Strip to Glory (Part II)” (August 3, 1993) | Original: Part I / Part II

• “Dirt Strip to Glory (Part III)” (August 10, 1993) | Original: Part I / Part II / Part III / Part IV / Part V / Part VI

• “A Few More Good Men” (August 24, 1993) | Original

• “Installation of Officers [at] Lodge Jubilee” (August 31, 1993) | Original

• “Dalton Council, Knights of Columbus” (September 14, 1993) | Original

• “The Fair Facts (Part I)” (September 21, 1993) | Original

• “The Fair Facts (Part II)” (September 28, 1993) | Original

• “A Marine Slipway” (October 19, 1993) | Original

• “Activities of Town Council” (October 26, 1993) | Original

• “Dateline [1909]” (November 2, 1993) | Original: Part I / Part II

• “Catholic Cadet Corps at Harbour Grace” (November 9, 1993) | Original

• “Harbour Grace Honey” (November 23, 1993) | Original

• “Montreal Street Named for Harbour Gracian” (December 7, 1993) | Original

• “Cricket in Harbour Grace” (December 26, 1993) | Original

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1994

• “They Took No Chances in Harbour Grace in 1914” (January 18, 1994) | Original

• “Two New Records in Harbour Grace Championship Sports (January 25, 1994) | Original

• “‘Should Women Vote?’ A Debate Held by the Literary Institute” (February 1, 1994) | Original

• “Round the World Trip Ends in Smash Up” (February 8, 1994) | Original

• “Harbour Grace Farmers Meet to Discuss Problems” (March 1, 1994) | Original

• “Early Thoughts on Incorporation of Harbour Grace” (March 15, 1994) | Original

• “Religious Jeopardy” (March 29, 1994) | Original

• “W.A. Munn & Company Limited Cod Liver Oil Plant in Point of Beach” (April 12, 1994) | Original

• “Harbour Grace Grammar School (Part I)” (April 26, 1994) | Original: Part I / Part II / Part III / Part IV

• “Harbour Grace Grammar School (Part II)” (May 24, 1994) | Original

• “Harbour Grace Grammar School (Part III)” (June 14, 1994) | Original: Part I / Part II

• “The Mysterious Nelson Club of Harbour Grace” (July 5, 1994) | Original

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1996

• “Early History of the Baccalieu Trail” (April 16, 1996) | Original GP-96-04-16b

• “Kyle Makes a Splendid Run” (April 23, 1996) | Original

• “John Guy’s 49-Day Cruise” (May 7, 1996) | Original

• “Port de Grave” (May 14, 1996) | Original

• “The Story of Carbonear” (May 22, 1996) | Original

• “Job’s Cove” (May 28, 1996) | Original

• “Bristol’s Hope: A Colourful History” (June 4, 1996) | Original

• “Famed Indian Visited Region” (June 11, 1996) | Original

• “Historic Heart’s Content” (June 18, 1996) | Original

• “The Story of Butler and Lundrigan” (June 25, 1996) | Original

• “The Caplin Are In!” (July 3, 1996) | Original

• “Prisoner of War Camps in Victoria” (August 13, 1996) | Original

• “A Yaffle of Starrigans” (August 27, 1996) | Original

• “Early Newspapers (Part I)” (September 4, 1996) | Original

• “Early Newspapers (Part II)” (September 10, 1996) | Original

• “Early Newspapers (Part III)” (September 17, 1996) | Original

• “Baudoin’s Diary” (September 24, 1996) | Original

• “Historic Brigus” (October 1, 1996) | Original

• “Local Folklore (Part I)” (October 8, 1996) | Original

• “Local Folklore (Part II)” (October 16, 1996) | Original

• “Superstition” (October 22, 1996) | Original

• “Port de Grave Fisherman Found Ore on Bell Island” (October 29, 1996) | Original

• “The Battle of Easton’s Isle” (November 5, 1996) | Original

• “Fishermen’s Museum Boasts a Fine Collection” (November 12, 1996) | Original

• “Disasters at Sea” (November 19, 1996) | Original: Part I / Part II / Part III / Part IV

• “English Channel Fishermen Gave Harbour Grace Its Name” (November 26, 1996) | Original

• “The History of Municipal Incorporation” (December 3, 1996) | Original

• “Christmas Legends and Traditions (Part I)” (December 10, 1996) | Original

• “Christmas Legends and Traditions (Part II)” (December 17, 1996) | Original: Part I / Part II

• “Christmas Memories” (December 23, 1996) | Original

• “Ringing in the New Year” (December 31, 1996) | Original

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1997

• “Teacher Association Began in Spaniard’s Bay” (January 7, 1997) | Original

• “Disasters at Sea” (January 14, 1997) | Original: Part I / Part II / Part III / Part IV

• “A Step Back Into Yesteryear” (January 21, 1997) | Original

• “Historical Hodgepodge” (January 28, 1997) | Original

• “Harbour Grace Historian Munn Visualized Viking Settlement” (February 4, 1997) | Original

• “Bryant’s Cove: Hockey Legend Son of Local Woman” (February 18, 1997) | Original

• “Baccalieu Island: Tales of Shipwreck and Treasure” (February 25, 1997) | Original: Part I / Part II

• “Who Was John Brine? Carbonear Man Fought in the Battle of Bunker Hill” (March 4, 1997) | Original

• “The Feast Day of St. Patrick” (March 11, 1997) | Original

• “The Games That Children Used to Play” (March 18, 1997) | Original

• “Pike, Green, Danson, Gill: The Family Connection” (March 25, 1997) | Original

• “German Subs Sank Local Merchant Vessels” (April 1, 1997) | Original

• “Community Named for Former Prime Minister” (April 8, 1997) | Original

• “Upper Island Cove – Home to Politicians and Bands” (April 15, 1997) | Original

• “Coombs Day” (April 22, 1997): Original

• “Pews and Pulpits” (April 29, 1997) | Original

• “A Humorous Look at Guy’s Discovery (Part I)” (May 6, 1997) | Original

• “A Humorous Look at Guy’s Discovery (Part II)” (May 13, 1997) | Original

• “The Fighting Women of Foxtrap (Part I)” (June 3, 1997) | Original

• “The Fighting Women of Foxtrap (Part II)” (June 10, 1997) | Original

• “The Fighting Women of Foxtrap (Part III)” (June 17, 1997) | Original: Part I / Part II

• “A History of Old Perlican” (June 24, 1997) | Original: Part I / Part II / Part III / Part IV / Part V

• “John Rorke and Sons” (July 1, 1997) | Original

• “John Guy’s Colony at Cupids” (July 8, 1997) | Original

• “A Dictionary of Firsts” (July 15, 1997) | Original

• “Another Dictionary of Firsts” (July 29, 1997) | Original

• “A Railway Song” (August 5, 1997) | Original

• “Steamship Ethie Wreck Caused Some Controversy” (August 12, 1997) | Original

• “This Month in History” (September 3, 1997) | Original

• “The Order of Railway Telegraphers” (September 9, 1997) | Original

• “My Newfoundland Home: Harbour Grace” (September 16, 1997) | Original

• “Historical Hodgepodge” (September 22, 1997) | Original

• “Thomas Ridley and Sons: The Rise and Fall” (October 7, 1997) | Original

• “The Caribou – An Innocent Ship” (October 15, 1997) | Original

• “The Flatrock Story” (October 21, 1997) | Original

• “Sister Towns: The Story of Heart’s Delight-Islington” (October 28, 1997) | Original

• “Flatrock: The Place That Once Was Home” (November 4, 1997) | Original

• “Lest We Forget” (November 11, 1997) | Original

• “Wireless Cables at Harbour Grace” (November 18, 1997) | Original

• “Earhart’s Historic Flight from Harbour Grace” (November 25, 1997) | Original

• “Harbour Grace Library Marks 45th Anniversary” (December 2, 1997) | Original: Part I / Part II

• “Seven Lives Were Lost in Baccalieu Tickle, 1891” (December 9, 1997) | Original

• “The Hobbyhorse and the Fool” (December 16, 1997) | Original

• “Ron Pollett’s Reflections on Christmas” (December 23, 1997) | Original

• “Mummering: Disguises of Friendship” (December 30, 1997) | Original

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1998

• “Dildo Settled in Early 1880s” (January 6, 1998) | Original

• “An Incredible Tale of Rescue at Sea” (January 13, 1998) | Original

• “The Green’s Harbour Story” (January 20, 1998) | Original

• “The Historic Community of Freshwater” (January 27, 1998) | Original

• “The Morse Code and the Telegraph” (February 3, 1998) | Original

• “Dinah – The Last Slave in Newfoundland?” (February 10, 1998) | Original

• “Salmon Cove” (February 17, 1998) | Original

• “A Special Feast of Pancakes” (February 24, 1998) | Original

• “Sealing History” (March 3, 1998) | Original

• “Lower Island Cove Named for Large Rocks” (March 10, 1998) | Original

• “The Workington Mine at Lower Island Cove” (March 17, 1998) | Original

• “March in Newfoundland History” (March 24, 1998) | Original

• “Baccalieu Trail History Quiz” (March 31, 1998) | Original

• “Early Settlers and Landowners” (April 7, 1998) | Original

• “An Excursion to the Ice Fields” (April 14, 1998) | Original

• “Spout Cove Named for Small Waterfall” (April 21, 1998) | Original

• “Red Head Cove” (April 28, 1998) | Original

• “April in Newfoundland History” (May 5, 1998) | Original

• “I Hear That Lonesome Whistle Blow” (May 12, 1998) | Original

• “Victoria Began as a ‘Winterhouse'” (May 20, 1998) | Original

• “May in Newfoundland History” (May 26, 1998) | Original

• “More Names of Early Settlers in Our Area” (June 2, 1998) | Original

• “Brief History of Early Churches” (June 9, 1998) | Original: Part I / Part II / Part III / Part IV

• “Religious Leaders Helped Shape the History of This Area” (June 16, 1998) | Original

• “‘As Pretty a Church as There Is in the Bay: St. Peter’s Church Marks 90th Anniversary” (June 23, 1998) | Original: Part I / Part II / Part III

• “June in Newfoundland History” (June 30, 1998) | Original

• “Carbonear” (July 7, 1998) | Original

• “The Story of Old Shop” (July 14, 1998) | Original: Part I / Part II / Part III / Part IV

• “July in Newfoundland History” (July 28, 1998) | Original

• “Whitbourne: Newfoundland’s First Inland Town” (August 11, 1998) | Original

• “Markland Founded as Experimental Land Settlement” (August 18, 1998) | Original

• “Turks Cove Named for Barbary Pirates” (August 25, 1998) | Original

• “August in Newfoundland History” (September 1, 1998) | Original

• “The Charming Town of Clarke’s Beach” (September 8, 1998) | Original

• “Amelia Earhart’s Flight in the Friendship” (September 15, 1998) | Original

• “Remember When…” (September 29, 1998) | Original

• “Bay de Verde Settled by Man Expelled from Placentia Bay” (December 1, 1998) | Original

• “The Longest Narrow-Gauge Railway in North America” (December 14, 1998) | Original

• “Interesting Place Names in Newfoundland” (December 15, 1998) | Original

• “December in Newfoundland History” (December 22, 1998) | Original

• “Sibley’s Cove Named for Migratory Fishermen” (December 30, 1998) | Original

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1999

• “Northern Bay: The Scene of Many Shipwrecks” (January 5, 1999) | Original

• “January History” (January 12, 1999) | Original

• “Early Schools in Our Region (Part I)” (January 19, 1999) | Original

• “History of the United Church, Harbour Grace” (January 26, 1999) | Original

• “Grate’s Cove: Origin of the Community’s Name Remains Uncertain” (February 2, 1999) | Original

• “February in Newfoundland History” (February 9, 1999) | Original

• “Early Schools in Our Region (Part II)” (February 16, 1999) | Original

• “Clues to Your Past” (February 23, 1999) | Original

• “Test Your Knowledge of the Baccalieu Trail” (March 2, 1999) | Original

• “History of Dunville Dates Back to 1514” (March 9, 1999) | Original

• “Ochre Pit Cove Named for Powdered Iron Ore” (March 16, 1999) | Original

• “SS Bruce a Total Wreck” (March 23, 1999) | Original

• “SS Bruce: Captain Drake’s Statement” (March 30, 1999) | Original

• “SS Kyle Had a Sister Ship” (April 6, 1999) | Original

• “Cavendish Named for Newfoundland Governor” (April 13, 1999) | Original

• “Burnt Point” (April 20, 1999) | Original

• “South Dildo” (April 27, 1999) | Original

• “Ninety-Nine Firsts (Part I)” (May 4, 1999) | Original: Part I / Part II / Part III / Part IV

• “Ninety-Nine Firsts (Part II)” (May 11, 1999) | Original

• “Where Was ‘Coosh’ and ‘Country Path’?” (May 18, 1999) | Original

• “Hopeall Had Population of 33 in 1869” (May 26, 1999) | Original

• “Local Short Tales of the Sea” (June 1, 1999) | Original

• “Miscellaneous Points of Interest” (June 8, 1999) | Original

• “Coley’s Point” (June 22, 1999) | Original

• “History of Freemasonry in Newfoundland” (June 29, 1999) | Original

• “Western Bay Embraced Methodism” (July 6, 1999) | Original

• “New Melbourne Named for British Prime Minister” (July 13, 1999) | Original

• “Harbour Grace Masonic Lodge” (July 27, 1999) | Original: Part I / Part II / Part III / Part IV

• “Chronology of Early Settlers and Landowners” (August 3, 1999)

• “Whitbourne’s First Regatta, 103 Years Ago” (August 10, 1999) | Original

• “1944 Fire Devastated Harbour Grace (Part I)” (August 17, 1999) | Original

• “1944 Fire Devastated Harbour Grace (Part II)” (August 24, 1999) | Original

• “New Chelsea: Name Suggested by Residents Who Had Relatives in U.S.” (August 31, 1999) | Original

• “Gull Island First Appeared on Map in 1796” (September 8, 1999) | Original: Part I / Part II / Part III / Part IV

• “September in Newfoundland History” (September 14, 1999) | Original

• “Site of Battle Between French and Beothuk” (September 28, 1999)

• “Tilton Was a Winterhouse Area” (October 5, 1999) | Original

• “October in Newfoundland History” (October 19, 1999) | Original

• “Bradley’s Cove Abandoned” (October 26, 1999) | Original

• “Whiteway’s First Settler Was a Deserter” (November 2, 1999) | Original

• “November in Newfoundland History” (November 9, 1999) | Original

• “Robert Pack First Recorded Merchant at Bay Roberts” (November 16, 1999) | Original

• “A Salute to Dalton Council, Knights of Colombus” (November 23, 1999) | Original

• “The Southside Story” (November 30, 1999) | Original

• “Short Tales of the Sea” (December 7, 1999) | Original

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2000

• “Newfoundland Had a Resident Population Since 6000 B.C.” (January 11, 2000) | Original

• “Loss of the C.A. Hubley” (January 18, 2000) | Original

• “Heritage Corner” (January 18, 2000) | Original

• “Sports Historical Hodgepodge” (February 1, 2000) | Original: Part I / Part II / Part III / Part IV

• “A History of Curling” (February 8, 2000) | Original

• “Early Newfoundland Newspapers and Magazines” (February 15, 2000) | Original

• “From Hurley to Hockey” (February 22, 2000) | Original

• “Heart’s Desire Settled About 1786 by Two Irish Fisherman” (February 29, 2000) | Original: Part I / Part II

• “Blaketown Was Officially Known as Maher’s Road” (March 7, 2000) | Original

• “Little Is Known of the Early History of Hant’s Harbour” (March 14, 2000) | Original

• “The Earliest Birth Recorded for New Harbour Is 1770” (March 21, 2000) | Original

• “North River Usually Known as ‘Northern Gut'” (March 28, 2000) | Original

• “South River Was Known to Early Settlers at Cupids” (April 4, 2000) | Original

• “Kiwanis Internatinal Once Known as ‘BOBS'” (April 11, 2000) | Original

• “Considerable Debate About the Nomenclature of Bareneed” (April 18, 2000) | Original

• “John Brown First Merchant at Brownsdale” (April 25, 2000) | Original

• “Shearstown Named for Church of England Clergyman” (May 2, 2000) | Original: Part I / Part II

• “Kingston Was Once Known as Upper Small Point” (May 9, 2000) | Original

• “Proceedings of the Protestant Board of Education for the District of Harbour Grace” (May 16, 2000) | Original

• “More Proceedings of the Protestant Board of Education for the District of Harbour Grace” (May 24, 2000) | Original

• “Three Otterburys Reported in Conception Bay” (May 30, 2000) | Original

• “Lawrence Coughlan Founded of United Church of Canada” (June 6, 2000) | Original: Part I / Part II / Part III / Part IV

• “Butlerville Home to a Stowaway” (June 13, 2000) | Original

• “Where is Gould’s Road?” (June 20, 2000) | Original

• “Short Tales of the Sea” (June 27, 2000) | Original

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Unknown

“Rev. Lawrence [sic] Coughlan Lived on Water Street” (Indeterminate Date–probably 1988): Original

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Map

Gord’s Map of the Baccalieu Trail: Original