Bring Yer Own Oil Fer The Lamp
Location: Lobster Cove Head Lighthouse, Rocky Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Caption: If you want character, history, and storytelling, this lighthouse has it all. The views are a bonus! Many of the lighthouse keepers’ children were born in the living room, which served as a refuge for shipwrecked sailors housed and cared for by the lighthouse keeper’s family. In particular I was surprised to see a WW2 German U Boat that was photographed from the lighthouse. At the time, U Boats were sinking allied ships along the eastern seaboard. Some of the character, community survival skills, and practical wisdom is evident in this excerpt from earlier times before the lighthouse was built:
Quotation: 1889, G.C. Fearn, the member of the legislative assembly for the district that included Lobster Cove, reported, "Each inhabitant of Rocky Harbour contributed a pint of oil each week to help fuel a light kept by a local fisherman in his own home. Fearn's constituents felt they merited a stronger light provided by the government, and one resident even volunteered to keep it. "A stately old dame," Fearn wrote, "has offered to keep the lighthouse (when erected) free of salary and, said she, 'You may be sure, it will always be burning, for I have my three boys on the banks.' "
Bring Yer Own Oil Fer The Lamp
Location: Lobster Cove Head Lighthouse, Rocky Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Caption: If you want character, history, and storytelling, this lighthouse has it all. The views are a bonus! Many of the lighthouse keepers’ children were born in the living room, which served as a refuge for shipwrecked sailors housed and cared for by the lighthouse keeper’s family. In particular I was surprised to see a WW2 German U Boat that was photographed from the lighthouse. At the time, U Boats were sinking allied ships along the eastern seaboard. Some of the character, community survival skills, and practical wisdom is evident in this excerpt from earlier times before the lighthouse was built:
Quotation: 1889, G.C. Fearn, the member of the legislative assembly for the district that included Lobster Cove, reported, "Each inhabitant of Rocky Harbour contributed a pint of oil each week to help fuel a light kept by a local fisherman in his own home. Fearn's constituents felt they merited a stronger light provided by the government, and one resident even volunteered to keep it. "A stately old dame," Fearn wrote, "has offered to keep the lighthouse (when erected) free of salary and, said she, 'You may be sure, it will always be burning, for I have my three boys on the banks.' "