Ucluelet Lighthouse, South River and Split

                                                          

   Blog # 1667 --- Day 1351 ( That's One Thousand Three Hundred and Fifty One Days ) Since the Start of the  Current ( Second ) Russian Invasion of UKRAINE .       

                                                              

Well it's been 3 weeks or so since I was last here. The last 2 weeks have been quite difficult for me so I thought a new blog today might actually be beneficial . My first card is from Split, Croatia showing a few of the local buildings. 

 

Isa used a stamp from 2020, 1 of 3 in a Natural Wonders set. 

Next is a card from Ucluelet, B.C, Canada. Ucluelet is a district municipality on the Ucluelet Peninsula, on the west coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. Ucluelet comes from Yuułuʔił which means "people of the safe harbour" in the indigenous Nuu-chah-nulth language and is the homeland of the Yuułuʔiłʔatḥ. The population of Ucluelet is a little over 2000. Teena's card shows us Amphitrite Point Lighthouse in Ucluelet, Vancouver Island. The light as you see today was built in 1915.

My Lovely Teena sent this card as she always does whenever we go anywhere.  We had a lovely , short getaway there back in late September. Her stamp honors  French Canadian author Maire-Claire Blais. The stamp is 1 of a set of 5 , all authors. 

This next card is my last for today. I'll just sort of ease back slowly. Here we see a view of South River, Newfoundland. It's another addition to my Towns and Postmarks of Newfoundland. South River is an incorporated municipality in the Canadian Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, located at the south-southeast side of Bay de Grave, in Conception Bay. The town had a population of 674 according to the 2021 Canadian census. The river itself forms a natural boundary with neighbouring Clarke's Beach and is a scheduled salmon river. A second river, known as the Gould Brook, forms another natural boundary with the unincorporated local service district of Makinsons. Modern-day South River comprises a number of very old, smaller settlements, namely, The Broads and Springfield. Salmon Cove Road (commonly referred to as just Salmon Cove, not to be confused with the nearby municipality of Salmon Cove) occupies the north side of a hill known as Long Harry, the south side of which is occupied by Cupids, the oldest English settlement in North America. There are three cemeteries in South River; a Roman Catholic cemetery on Hodgewater Line, and two Anglican on Salmon Cove. The earlier of the two Anglican cemeteries dates to the early-mid 19th century. In addition, there are marked graves scattered along Long Harry in areas known as The Cupids Road and Adam's Grove. These graves likely pre-date the cemeteries. There are several families in the area, particularly on Salmon Cove, which have lived there for centuries. These families names include Bussey, Wells, Batten, Noseworthy, Andrews, and more. A geological formation on the shore of Salmon Cove known as Stake Cove is reputed to be the location where a woman, Catherine Snow, murdered her husband John by hitting him with a stake maul, hence the name of the cove. Catherine was convicted of the crime and hanged at St. John's, the last known woman to have been hanged in Newfoundland.

Between South River and Cupids sits an area of provincially-protected pastureland. Used primarily by local cattle farmers, a portion of the pasture has been allocated for use by Newfoundland Ponies, Newfoundland's only designated heritage animal. 

The Postmaster at South River sent this card along. The stamp was issued this year, 1 of 3 showcasing Indigenous leaders. This stamp shows award winning Inuit singer , songwriter, actor, director, producer and activist Elisapie.

 

Well folks that's it for today, Thanks to Isa, My Lovely Teena and the South River Postmaster.

Take care, see you soon.