Ghost stories of Newfoundland and Labrador / Edward Butts.
Ghost stories of Newfoundland and Labrador / Edward Butts.
By
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Butts, Edward, 1951-
Publication Date
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2010
Publication Information
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Toronto : Dundurn Press,
Physical Description
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218 p. : ill.
Subject Term
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Ghosts -- Newfoundland and Labrador.
Haunted places -- Newfoundland and Labrador.
Bibliography Note
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Includes bibliographical references.
Summary
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Shrouded in the mists of history and legend, the province of Newfoundland and Labrador is a land of mysteries. Its waters are a graveyard for countless wrecked ships. Its lore is full of tales about treachery and murder. And it was once the haunt of pirates. Haunt, indeed! Newfoundland and Labrador has tales of the supernatural that date back centuries, to a time before Canada even existed as a nation. Here the ghosts not only lurk in old houses and forlorn cemeteries, they come up out of the sea to walk the decks of ships before the eyes of terrified crewmen. They lament out on the ice where seventy-seven men perished in the Newfoundland Sealing Disaster of 1914. And in St. Johns the courthouse is said to be haunted by the ghost of Catherine Snow, who was hanged in 1834 for the murder of her husband. Here we find tales, both personal and historical, of ghostly haunting and unexplained happenings; from the Old Hag to headless ghosts. So read on if you dare!
Language
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English
ISBN
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9781554887859
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Arnold's Cove | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 133.109718 B98 |
Bell Island | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 133.109718 B98 |
Bishop's Falls | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 133.109718 B98 |
Bonavista | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 133.109718 B98 |
Brigus | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 133.109718 B98 |
Buchans | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 133.109718 B98 |
Burgeo | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 133.109718 B98 |
Burin | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 133.109718 B98 |
Cape St. George | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 133.109718 B98 |
Carbonear | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 133.109718 B98 |
Carmanville | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 133.109718 B98 |
Cartwright | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 133.109718 B98 |
Centreville | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 133.109718 B98 |
Change Islands | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 133.109718 B98 |
Codroy Valley | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 133.109718 B98 |
Cormack | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 133.109718 B98 |
Corner Brook | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 133.109718 B98 |
Cow Head | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 133.109718 B98 |
Daniel's Harbour | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 133.109718 B98 |
Deer Lake | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 133.109718 B98 |
Fogo Island | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 133.109718 B98 |
Fortune | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 133.109718 B98 |
Fox Harbour | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 133.109718 B98 |
Gambo | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 133.109718 B98 |
Gander | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 133.109718 B98 |
Garnish | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 133.109718 B98 |
Gaultois | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 133.109718 B98 |
Glenwood | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 133.109718 B98 |
Glovertown | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 133.109718 B98 |
Grand Bank | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 133.109718 B98 |
Happy Valley - Goose Bay - Melville | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 133.109718 B98 |
Harbour Breton | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 133.109718 B98 |
Harbour Grace | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 133.109718 B98 |
Hare Bay | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 133.109718 B98 |
Harry's Harbour | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 133.109718 B98 |
Hermitage | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 133.109718 B98 |
Holyrood | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 133.109718 B98 |
King's Point - Tilley | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 133.109718 B98 |
L'Anse Au Loup | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 133.109718 B98 |
Labrador City | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 133.109718 B98 |
Lark Harbour | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 133.109718 B98 |
Lourdes | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 133.109718 B98 |
Lumsden | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 133.109718 B98 |
Marystown | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 133.109718 B98 |
Musgrave Harbour - John B. Wheeler Public Library | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 133.109718 B98 |
Norris Arm | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 133.109718 B98 |
Norris Point | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 133.109718 B98 |
Pasadena | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 133.109718 B98 |
Placentia | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 133.109718 B98 |
Point Leamington | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 133.109718 B98 |
Port au Port | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 133.109718 B98 |
Port aux Basques | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 133.109718 B98 |
Port Saunders | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 133.109718 B98 |
Ramea | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 133.109718 B98 |
Robert's Arm | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 133.109718 B98 |
Rocky Harbour | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 133.109718 B98 |
Seal Cove | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 133.109718 B98 |
Sop's Arm | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 133.109718 B98 |
Springdale | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 133.109718 B98 |
St. Alban's | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 133.109718 B98 |
St. Brides's | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 133.109718 B98 |
St. George's | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 133.109718 B98 |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult NFic NL DVD | Adult Non-Fiction NL DVD | 133.109718 B98 |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult NFic NL Ref - NL Rm | Adult Non-Fiction NL Reference - NL Room | 133.109718 B98 |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult NFic NL Ref - Prov Coll | Adult Non-Fiction NL Reference Provincial Collection | 133.109718 B98 |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult NFic NL Ref - Vault | Adult Non-Fiction NL Reference - Vault | 133.109718 B98 |
St. John's - Marjorie Mews | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 133.109718 B98 |
Stephenville - Kindale | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 133.109718 B98 |
Summerford | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 133.109718 B98 |
Torbay | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 133.109718 B98 |
Trepassey | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 133.109718 B98 |
Twillingate | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 133.109718 B98 |
Wabush | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 133.109718 B98 |
Whitbourne | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 133.109718 B98 |