A detailed map of the Bay Roberts Shoreline Heritage Walking Trail showing entry points, distances, and sites of interest. The walk contains rock walls, root cellars, a small graveyard, as well as spectacular scenery. The walk wanders through the part of the town which was settled in the seventeenth century by both French and English fishermen.
European fishermen were visiting Bay Roberts as early as the 1500s. Fishermen from Brittany and Normandy in what is now France fished the waters off the coast of Bay Roberts in the early 1500s and named the harbour Baie de Robert. They established onshore fishing rooms where they dried and salted (made) codfish. These fishermen came to the area because of its large harbour, and flat rock beaches that they used for curing fish.
By the late 16th century, Bay Roberts had become part of the English Shore. Some French, Spanish and Portuguese fishermen still visited the area but they were out numbered by fishermen from the English West Country.
Over time, some of these West Country fishermen began to settle in the area. Some sources say the Frenchs arrived as long ago as 1634 and the Earles and the Badcocks in the 1660s.
A detailed map of the Bay Roberts Shoreline Heritage Walking Trail showing entry points, distances, and sites of interest. The walk contains rock walls, root cellars, a small graveyard, as well as spectacular scenery. The walk wanders through the part of the town which was settled in the seventeenth century by both French and English fishermen.
European fishermen were visiting Bay Roberts as early as the 1500s. Fishermen from Brittany and Normandy in what is now France fished the waters off the coast of Bay Roberts in the early 1500s and named the harbour Baie de Robert. They established onshore fishing rooms where they dried and salted (made) codfish. These fishermen came to the area because of its large harbour, and flat rock beaches that they used for curing fish.
By the late 16th century, Bay Roberts had become part of the English Shore. Some French, Spanish and Portuguese fishermen still visited the area but they were out numbered by fishermen from the English West Country.
Over time, some of these West Country fishermen began to settle in the area. Some sources say the Frenchs arrived as long ago as 1634 and the Earles and the Badcocks in the 1660s.
A detailed map of the Bay Roberts Shoreline Heritage Walking Trail showing entry points, distances, and sites of interest. The walk contains rock walls, root cellars, a small graveyard, as well as spectacular scenery. The walk wanders through the part of the town which was settled in the seventeenth century by both French and English fishermen.
European fishermen were visiting Bay Roberts as early as the 1500s. Fishermen from Brittany and Normandy in what is now France fished the waters off the coast of Bay Roberts in the early 1500s and named the harbour Baie de Robert. They established onshore fishing rooms where they dried and salted (made) codfish. These fishermen came to the area because of its large harbour, and flat rock beaches that they used for curing fish.
By the late 16th century, Bay Roberts had become part of the English Shore. Some French, Spanish and Portuguese fishermen still visited the area but they were out numbered by fishermen from the English West Country.
Over time, some of these West Country fishermen began to settle in the area. Some sources say the Frenchs arrived as long ago as 1634 and the Earles and the Badcocks in the 1660s.