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Games

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Trivia

The Board

Them days you sent a youngster up the road to say there was a game on. Now you send the code, and if a chair's still empty when you deal, one of the regulars takes it.

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Down the road

Well, Sunday after Mass we'd walk it. Start at the gate and go down, and every house along here I'll tell you who's in it.

Fortune Ferry St Pierre

Fortune is a small town of approximately 1,200 people at the southern tip of the Burin Peninsula in Newfoundland, best known as the departure point for the ferry service to Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, the French archipelago located just 25 kilometres offshore. The Fortune to Saint-Pierre ferry is one of the most unusual short sea crossings in North America — passengers cross an international bounda

Fortune is a small town of approximately 1,200 people at the southern tip of the Burin Peninsula in Newfoundland, best known as the departure point for the ferry service to Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, the French archipelago located just 25 kilometres offshore. The Fortune to Saint-Pierre ferry is one of the most unusual short sea crossings in North America — passengers cross an international boundary and arrive in a French territory with euros, French cuisine, duty-free shops, and Gallic atmosphere, all within a few hours of leaving Canadian soil. The ferry operates seasonally and is a significant tourism draw. Fortune's existence has always been tied to its proximity to Saint-Pierre — the two communities have had intertwined histories of trade, smuggling during Prohibition, and cultural exchange for centuries. During American Prohibition (1920–1933) Saint-Pierre became a major staging ground for bootlegged liquor, and Fortune was part of that trade network. Fortune itself has a fishing heritage and was once a significant community in the salt fish industry. The town has a public wharf and small boat harbour. The Fortune Head Ecological Reserve, located nearby, is one of the world's most significant fossil sites — it contains Ediacaran fossils from 565 million years ago that helped establish the boundary between the Precambrian and Cambrian periods, and is a UNESCO-recognized site of global geological importance.

Fact

On the go

Them days the garden party was the whole summer. Here's what's on the go now, and when.

The kitchen

Well, Sunday the pot was on before Mass and the smell of it met you at the gate. Here's what was in it, and how it's done.

The hall

Them days the hall had a dance Saturday and the kitchen had music the rest of the week. It's still playing. Come in and listen.

The yarns

He said, you know the one about the light on the water. I said, I do. That's a story, mind, and I'll tell you which parts.

Not the house

No, I said, that's not the house. It was down just below there. Go back up the road.

Back up the road