Exploits

- The Move
A video on the resettlement of the Rumboldt family
in 1968.

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Exploits

Settled in the late 18th century, Exploits was for much of its history a bustling fishing and saw milling town on Burnt Island in Notre Dame Bay. Exploits was also a mercantile centre, a base for both the Labrador fishery and, because if its strategic location, the annual spring seal hunt. However, the population fell from a high of over 600 in 1874 to less than 300 by 1966. Nevertheless it was one of the larger communities resettled in this period. The images here are taken either before resettlement or in 1965, the year Newfoundland artist Gerry Squires moved to Exploits from Toronto, only to find that people were beginning to pack up and leave under resettlement.

Harbour at Exploits
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Church at Exploits
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House occupied by Gerald Squires and his family on Exploits
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Gerald Squires cutting up firewood at Exploits
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Side view of the house occupied by Gerald Squires and his family on Exploits
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Exploits [House on the bottom right was owned by Richard Wells]
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Gerald Squires with his daughters Esther and Meranda at Exploits
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Residents on route to the last church service at Exploits
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