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The Waterwitch Tragedy

24 June 2013

Throughly enjoy every issue of Downhome. There are not too many areas of Canada that have the many stories of heroism and tragedy that Newfoundlanders share. In my research of family history I have come across many. One was the Saga of the Waterwitch that ran aground in a driving snow storm on the night…

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9 July 2011

By Doug Harvey

The son of two Newfoundlanders (Jessie Spracklin from Charottetown, and Fred Harvey from Boswarlos), I too was blessed with a famous name. In the early 1960’s, while that famous defenseman, Doug Harvey was making history in the NHL, I was starting my career with a large automotive firm as well as dating my future wife….