Living Heritage on the Baccalieu Trail

It may have been "Stay Home Year" here in Newfoundland and Labrador, but that didn't stop the Living Heritage Podcast from exploring! In "Hidden Gems of the Baccalieu Trail," host Natalie Dignam takes you on an audio tour of the Baccalieu Trail region on the island of Newfoundland. Explore all the episodes in the series by clicking the pinpoints on the map.

Listen to Living Heritage Episode 198: Make Your Own Podcast. Natalie walks your through creating your first podcast!

Living Heritage Podcast Ep180: Youth Initiatives with Rev. Anthony Nwoko

Reverend Anthony Nwoko of St. Patrick’s Parish in Carbonear  joins us to talk about his experience moving to Newfoundland, his work with the parish, and his recent youth initiatives. Reverend Anthony moved to Carbonear four years ago as part of a mission with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Grand Falls. He is a priest with the Society of Divine Vocations, a religious congregation founded in Italy in 1920 that works to foster vocations in the priesthood and religious life. Currently, there are six priests from Nigeria working in Newfoundland as part of this mission.

This episode is part of a special series about the Baccalieu Trail region of Newfoundland and Labrador. Join us as we explore the hidden gems of the Baccalieu Trail- from stories of phantom ship sightings to local art and history.

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Living Heritage is about people who are engaged in the heritage and culture sector, from museum
professionals and archivists, to tradition bearers and craftspeople - all those who keep history alive at the
community level. The show is a partnership between HeritageNL and CHMR Radio.
Theme music is Rythme Gitan by Latché Swing.

Living Heritage Ep 179: Phantom Ships Along the Baccalieu Trail

Image courtesy of Karin Murray-Berquist.

In this episode, PhD candidate Karin Murray-Berquist shares her research on phantom ship sightings in Newfoundland and Labrador. Karin is a PhD Candidate in the Folklore Department at Memorial University. After working in Memorial University's Folklore and Language Archive (MUNFLA), she became fascinated by stories of shipwrecks and ghost ships. Karin created an online map that shows the location of all the ghost or phantom ship stories she’s found in the archive so far.

Photo courtesy of Karin Murray-Berquist.

In this episode, we talk about Karin’s research and dive into a few phantom ship stories from the Baccalieu Trail region.

This episode is part of a special series about the Baccalieu Trail region of Newfoundland and Labrador. Join us as we explore the hidden gems of the Baccalieu Trail- from stories of phantom ship sightings to local art and history.

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Living Heritage is about people who are engaged in the heritage and culture sector, from museum
professionals and archivists, to tradition bearers and craftspeople - all those who keep history alive at the
community level. The show is a partnership between HeritageNL and CHMR Radio.
Theme music is Rythme Gitan by Latché Swing.

Living Heritage Ep177: Hiking and History on the Baccalieu Trail

Photo courtesy of Barb Parsons-Sooley.

We’re hitting the trails with Barb Parson Parsons-Sooley. Barb is a founding member of Hike Baccalieu, a trail maintenance association in the Baccalieu Trail region. She’s also a hiking tour guide for Roots Adventures. Barb grew up in Bay Roberts and lived away in Alberta working as a flight medic and firefighter for many years. When she returned to Newfoundland, she settled in Hearts Delight and began hiking. She started taking her garden clippers with her on trails that needed some trimming, and she’s been maintaining the trails ever since.

Barb Parsons-Sooley sits beside the outport village built by her father on the Western Point Trail.

This episode is part of a special series about the Baccalieu Trail region of Newfoundland and Labrador. Join us as we explore the hidden gems of the Baccalieu Trail- from stories of phantom ship sightings to local art and history.

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Living Heritage is about people who are engaged in the heritage and culture sector, from museum
professionals and archivists, to tradition bearers and craftspeople - all those who keep history alive at the
community level. The show is a partnership between HeritageNL and CHMR Radio.
Theme music is Rythme Gitan by Latché Swing.

Living Heritage Ep176: Storytelling on the Baccalieu Trail with Clifford George

Photo courtesy of Jackie Evans.

Clifford George is an artist and storyteller living in Whiteway, Newfoundland and Labrador. While he’s primarily self-taught, Clifford also received a formal art education at the College of Trades and Technology in St. John’s. He has painted and studied with well-known Newfoundland artists like Gerald Squires, Frank LaPointe and Don Wright. Clifford also worked as a medical artist at the Health Sciences Centre at Memorial University.  You can find Clifford’s work at the Christina Parker Gallery in St. John’s.

In this episode, Clifford shares a few stories with Heritage NL researcher Katie Crane about Newfoundland faeries, his painting, and his advocacy work on behalf of Newfoundland ponies.

This episode is part of a special series about the Baccalieu Trail region of Newfoundland and Labrador. Join us as we explore the hidden gems of the Baccalieu Trail- from stories of phantom ship sightings to local art and history.

Learn more about Clifford's work and the Newfoundland Pony:

https://christinaparkergallery.com/artist/clifford-george/
http://nqonline.ca/article/q-and-a-with-clifford-george/
https://newfoundlandpony.com/
https://gem.cbc.ca/media/absolutely-canadian/season-15/episode-8/38e815a-00939422c38

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Living Heritage is about people who are engaged in the heritage and culture sector, from museum
professionals and archivists, to tradition bearers and craftspeople - all those who keep history alive at the
community level. The show is a partnership between HeritageNL and CHMR Radio.
Theme music is Rythme Gitan by Latché Swing.