When I moved to Newfoundland last summer, I arrived with the
hope of many wonderful adventures to come.
That said, I did not expect to feel as though I had stepped into the
pages of Gulliver’s Travels. In my first
week on the island, though, while driving The Irish Loop, I encountered settlements
that were decidedly Lilliputian. I came
across this diminutive but active wharf by the side of the road near
Mobile. Later that day, I found a town
within a town – a tiny recreation of the resettled community of Oderin, on a small pond in St.
Mary’s. These works of art, so full of love
and life, captured my imagination. I
would love to know if there are more communities of this nature around the
island. If you have any stories or
pictures you’d like to share please send them to claire@heritagefoundation.ca.
-Claire McDougall
