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| Photo Title: | Chart showing the reasons why people should resettle from Sops Island East and Cove[?] Arm, White Bay, Newfoundland |
| Description: | Chart also contains information on the settlement involved, how many families reside there, how many families are interested in moving, the larger settlement they would like to move to, and the size of the school in the larger settlement. |
| Image No.: | PF-317.178 |
| Image Location: | Resettlement/pf317_178.jpg |
| Date of Creation: | Digitized 2004 (originally created 1959) |
| Physical Description: | 1 digital document : b&w |
| Biography/Admin History: | Situated at the head of White Bay, just off shore from Sop's Arm, Sops Island is believed to have been one of the earliest English settlements on the French Shore. John Slade and Company of Twillingate had established a branch of their mercantile operation there by 1763 which was subsequently acquired by Richard and Neltham Tory of Poole. Although the Torys were removed from Sops Island by the British Navy and the French in 1786 in an effort to end illegal English settlement of the French Shore, an early settler, William Pittman, appears to have either remained or found his way back there. Pittman, who had been in White Bay by 1810, was likely the antecedent of later Pittmans who resided on Sops Island until the time of resettlement. A fishing community throughout its history, Sops Island experienced considerable growth in the early 20th century as a logging industry developed in that part of White Bay. The population peaked at about 324 in 1951. However, people began to move to Sop's Arm in the 1950s and at the end of the decade only the Pittmans were left. The Pittmans finally moved to Sop's Arm in 1967 but they, like other former Sops Island residents, continued to fish the same waters. Only a few images are presented here - Sops Island before resettlement and at Sop's Arm afterwards. |
| Collector: | MHA |
| Source Donor: | CNS Archives, Stacey Collection, Box 1, Folder 1.02.001 |
| Collection Title: | Resettlement Digital Photograph Collection |
| Associated Material: | Craig Leonard Photograph Collection, PF-328 |
| Restrictions on Access: | Copyright held by the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. |
| Copyright: | c |
| Physical Condition: | Good |
| Notes: | Title based on contents of image. Copied from the Alec Stacey Collection, Archives and Special Collections Division, QE II Library, Memorial University. |
| Subjects: | Newfoundland and Labrador Household Resettlement Program. |
