3 Days on Abandoned Island with a Tragic History

Exploring the abandoned fishing community of Iona Island (originally known as the Ram's Islands) in Placentia Bay, Newfoundland. A once-remote settlement devastated by weather-related freak accidents, broader economic shifts, and government policy in the mid-1930s.

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ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE:
All archival footage is b-roll used to illustrate and support the story. No actual footage of the Iona Islands fishing community is available online.
Toilers of the Grand Banks. The Canadian Government Motion Picture Bureau. Publication Date - 1940
Peggy's Cove. Edward A. Bollinger. Nova Scotia Archives. Publication Date - 1934

SOURCES:
Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador, Volume 3. St. John's, NL, Canada. 1991. p. 66. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
Island Harbors Mystery. Calgary Herald. 7 May 1960. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
Memorial University of Newfoundland, Maritime History Archive. (n.d.). Resettlement. https://mha.mun.ca/mha/resettlement/rs_intro.php#m2
Photo - Moving a house in Trinity Bay, NL, ca. 1968 - Marilyn Marsh. Maritime History Archive, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL.

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