On Friday, Aug 30th,2024 I visited the Marystown Model Ship Gallery with my friend Joe. I had seen a documentary about the models and was looking forward to visiting Marystown to view them.
I was born in Creston, which is now part of Marystown but had moved to Con Bay South ( Manuels) with my parents and siblings in 1958. Over the years I have made many trips back home. Some were vacation trips, while others were for weddings and funerals.
We had lived in the Ottawa area from 2008 to 2015 and had met our friends who wanted to visit the Burin Peninsula. I still work but I was able to get a couple of days off to travel with them to the peninsula. The Model Ship Gallery was not in our plans, however, we stopped at the mall and I noticed that this is where the gallery was located. My friend Joe and I visited the gallery while the women went shopping.
We were more then impressed with the number of models that the gallery had accumulated over the years. There are model submarines, dories, war ships, trawlers, schooners and just about every type of water craft imaginable.
We asked if they had a model of The Bonaventure. They didn’t!
I will have to make another visit to the gallery on my next trip to Marystown..