Renews, Newfoundland
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"Hello I'm Terry Hynes. Welcome to "Old" Renews."
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Here are some things you should know about this wonderful place:
It is the oldest European settled community in North America with records of habitation dating from 1503.
The "Mayflower" stopped at Renews for provisions and water on its way to the New World.
A battery of cannons, to protect the community from American privateers in 1779, still sit on the "Mount." The Americans sank two ships before the guns arived.
Renews was attacked and burned twice by the French.
Secret masses were performed at the "Mass Rock" on the "Midnight Hill" in penal days. The penalty for attending such services was deportation or hanging.
The "Masterless Men" of the Butterpots lived a Robin Hood existance in the mountains behind Renews for almost a century. Continually hunted by British Soldiers only two were captured and hung from the yardarm.
Captain William Jackman, a local son, received the British Medal for Bravery for saving the crew of a wrecked ship single-handidly. On the freezing Labrador coast he swam to the ship twenty-seven times saving all on board.
Renews was once an independent trading centre sending fish to ports all over the world using its own sailing fleet.
