The Ghost Coast A


mid the bouts of seasickness that overcome my gut like the swells that pitch and roll this rattle- trap ferry, I feel a kinship with Joey Smallwood.


Te man responsible for bringing Newfoundland into Con- federation in 1949 wasn’t much of a seafarer. He once spent days seasick in the hold of a hired schooner as part of a hare- brained plan to unionize remote coastal fishers and preach his political ideals. Since fishing season lasted from break-up to freeze-up, Smallwood decided that a wintertime voyage was best. When the captain dismissed him for a lunatic, the soon- to-be leader of the province disembarked and continued on his own, walking the ice of the island’s bottom half—locally known as the Southwest Coast.


EXPLORING THE LONG- LOST OUTPORTS OF NEWFOUNDLAND’S WI LD SOUTHWEST BY CONOR MIHELL • PHOTOS BY RYAN CREARY


Te lookout above Cape La Hune, Newfoundland. Inset: Ashore in Petites, pop. 2.


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