Civilization in wilderness - view over Alexis Bay

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The Human Figure represents the spirit of Port Hope Simpson and its enthusiastic fire. The Labrador Flag represents our heritage. The House represents the importance of home and family that exists in our community. The Port Hope Simpson banner represents our town's pride and teamwork.
Stacy Russell
Port Hope Simpson Come Home Year 2002

Attractions & travel information, accommodation, events & festivals, transportation, services, stores

ATTRACTIONS
Come along and enjoy great hospitality and local Labrador cuisine. Recreational and sporting activities include salmon and trouting rivers, iceberg and whale-watching, river and boat rides. Sno-blast skidoo activities for the young and the old geared to the fast and the slow. Accessible by Trans-Labrador Highway Route 510, Regional Airport and by Sea. Explore the fascinating history of the first company town in Labrador. Discover the courageous struggle of its settlers against a legacy of unsustainable development of the Labrador forests and towards a better future. Sight-seeing attractions include unique unspoilt wilderness, lakes, bird-watching and wildlife. Hiking, skidoo trips, dogsledding, snowshoeing, ski-lodge accommodation and helicopter rides also by arrangement.

TRAVEL INFORMATION:
BY ROAD:
TO REACH PORT HOPE SIMPSON FROM THE SOUTH: take route 510, only four kilometres north of Blanc Sablon paved highway for 86 kms to Red Bay, Services: food, medical, accommodation, repair, shopping, crafts. Take new gravel highway no services for 74 kms to Lodge Bay, Services: none but Services enroute at Mary's Harbour: gas, food, accommodation, medical, airstrip, banking, crafts & gifts. Then take new gravel highway for 62 kms from Red Bay to Port Hope Simpson, Services below.
Total: 222 kms.

TO REACH PORT HOPE SIMPSON FROM THE NORTH: take route 510 new gravel highway from Cartwright for 187 kms, Services: none. Services at Cartwright: gas, food, medical, accommodations, repair, shopping, crafts.

FERRY INFORMATION:
For schedules, rates and reservations at the Blanc Sablon terminal phone the Strait of Belle Isle Ferry Service 1-866-535-2567 and the Quebec North Shore Ferry Service 1-418-723-8787

LABRADOR COASTAL DRIVE MAP CLICK HERE:
http://www.labradorcoastaldrive.com/map.htm

BY SNOWMOBILE:
Email me! provides current contact information for planning a winter trip to the Labrador Coastal Drive by snowmobile. There are extensive snowmobile trails connecting Port Hope Simpson with the communities of Cartwright, Black Tickle, Charlottetown, Mary's Harbour, Battle Harbour, Lodge Bay and Red Bay.

BY AIR

Air Labrador is the only carrier providing regular, daily scheduled passenger and freight flights Monday-Friday to Port Hope Simpson
Phone 709 931-2196
BOOK ONLINE: www.airlabrador.com

Provincial Airlines Ltd. (PAL) does offer a charter service into Port Hope Simpson
Phone (Toll Free) 1-877-576-3140
BOOK ONLINE http://www.provair.com/

BY SEA:

TO REACH PORT HOPE SIMPSON FROM THE SOUTH:
Coastal Labrador Marine Services operates a coastal ferry and freight service during the summer months.
Phone 709 960-0292

Click for schedules, rates and reservations:
http://www.gov.nf.ca/ferryservices/schedules/J-apollo.stm

Labrador Marine Services operates a drive-on, drive-off 90 minute daily crossing service from St. Barbe to Blanc Sablon. The MV Apollo easily carries some 70 vehicles including capacity for full-sized tractortrailer trucks in addition to motorcoaches, and RVs.

Click for schedules, rates and reservations:
http://www.gov.nf.ca/ferryservices/schedules/J-apollo.stm

Relais Nordik operates a passenger-cargo service along the Lower North Shore of Quebec to Blanc Sablon. As the N/M Nordik Express stops in each port to unload supplies you have opportunity to visit the villages and historic attractions.

Click for schedules, rates and reservations:
English: http://www.relaisnordik.com/en/home/241.cfm
French: http://www.relaisnordik.com/fr/home/24.cfm

TO REACH PORT HOPE SIMPSON FROM THE NORTH:
Labrador Marine Services operates the M/V Sir Robert Bond to Cartwright and route 510.

Click for schedules, rates and reservations:
http://www.gov.nl.ca/ferryservices/schedules.stm

The coastal boat M/V Northern Ranger operates from Happy Valley-Goose Bay to Cartwright and route 510 on a weekly basis and provides a twice weekly service between Charlottetown (route 510) and Port Hope Simpson weather permitting.

Click for schedules, rates and reservations:
http://www.gov.nl.ca/FerryServices/schedules/H-goosebay-nain.stm
PORT HOPE SIMPSON ACCOMMODATION INFORMATION:
Alexis Hotel including conference facilities, Port Hope Simpson;
Phone 709-960-0222/0228 Fax 709 960-0210
Contact Carol Burden
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Sampson Apartments Port Hope Simpson
Phone 709 960-0237
Contact Betty Sampson
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PORT HOPE SIMPSON EVENTS AND FESTIVALS INFORMATION:

Alexis 150 Sled Dog Race Port Hope Simpson
A great event as mushers compete in a race to test their skills against the elements of our Labrador winter. March
Phone 709 960-0228 Fax 709-960-0210
Contact Margaret Burden
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Barton Hicks Memorial Hockey Tournament Port Hope Simpson
Annual invitational hockey tournament January
Phone 709 960-0275 Fax 709-960-0210
Contact Carol Burden
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Canada Day Celebrations Port Hope Simpson
A fun-filled event for the whole family in Port Hope Simpson July 1st.
Phone 709 960-0236 Fax 709 960-0210
Contact Margaret Burden
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Eagle River Dart Championship Port Hope Simpson
An annual dart tournament where the best dart players along the coast compete for the Eagle River Cup.
Phone 709 960-0240 Fax 709-960-0210
Contact Belinda Strugnell
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Easter Festival Port Hope Simpson
A week long event of sporting activities and entertainment in Port Hope Simpson. Phone 709 960-0240 Fax 709 960-0210
Contact Belinda Strugnell
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Festival of Friends Port Hope Simpson
A celebration of friends that promotes and encourages a sense of pride and accomplishments. It's time for food and laughter. Port Hope Simpson has an open door policy for family, friends and visitors! Held annually in the last weekend of July.
Phone 709 960-0222 Fax 709 960-0210
Contact Margaret Burden
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Guy Fawkes Night Port Hope Simpson
Bonfires light the sky. Weiner and marshmallow roast, family and friends gathering. All visitors welcome.
Phone 709 960-0236 Fax 709 960-0387
Contact Community Centre.
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Labrador Sno’Blast Port Hope Simpson
Ride on the finest of snowmobile trails to Port Hope Simpson for a weekend of fun and entertainment. Held annually last weekend in February.
Phone 709 960-0228 Fax 709 920-0210
Contact Carol Burden
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Polar Bear Dip Port Hope Simpson
All are challenged to take a dip in our chilly Labrador water. All participants receive a memento T-shirt. This event is followed by a night's entertainment at the Alexis Hotel,May.
Phone 709 960-0228 Fax 709 960-0210
Contact Carol Burden
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Port Hope Simpson transportation information

Penney’s Pitstop Port Hope Simpson
Phone 709 960-0499
Contact Eldrid Penney
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RV(Recreational Vehicle)Park, Bay View, Port Hope Simpson
Phone 709 960-0405 Fax 709 960-0406
Contact Redge Russell
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PORT HOPE SIMPSON TOWN INFORMATION SERVICES & STORES:
Anglican Church
http://www.anglican.ca/
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Canadian Junior Rangers
a fun, practical, structured youth program for the younger members of the community. Programme aims to promote traditional cultures and lifestyles by offering a variety of structured activities to young people living in remote and isolated communities of Canada.
Website http://www.rangers.dnd.ca/pubs/jcr/intro_e.asp


College of the North Atlantic Adult Learning Center Port Hope Simpson
Phone 709 960-035
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Community Access Programme Strategy Committee Port Hope Simpson
Phone 709 960-0208
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Community Clinic, Grenfell Regional Health Services, Port Hope Simpson
Phone 709 960-0271
Fax 709 960-0392
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Community Council Port Hope Simpson
Phone 709 960-0236 Fax 709 960-0387
Contact Betty Sampson
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http://www.ourlabrador.ca/member.php?id=14

D.C. Young All-Grade School
Phone 709 960-0486
Fax 709 960-0375
Contact Alex Parr Principal, Geoffrey Penney Vice-Principal
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Website http://www.k12.nf.ca/dcyoung/


Home Recreational Room Port Hope Simpson
Phone 709 960-0379
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J. C. Variety Woodlands Heights Port Hope Simpson
Confectionery, beer, grocery and lottery centre
Phone 709 960-0415 Fax 709 960-0417

Labrador Metis Association Port Hope Simpson
Phone 709 960-0430
Fax 709 960-0425
Contact Roxanne Notley
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Webpage http://www.labmetis.org/tlh2.htm

Labrador White Bear Outreach Port Hope Simpson
Phone 709 960-0430
Fax 709 960-0425
Contact Mary Penney
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Website http://www.nald.ca/lwblc/index.htm

Lasting Imprints & Bronzing Ltd. Port Hope Simpson
Personalized gifts
Phone 709 960-0465
Contact Paul Larkham
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Literacy Outreach Office Port Hope Simpson
Phone 709 960-0430
Fax 709 960-0425
Contact Roxanne Notley (709) 960-0430; 960-0425 (fax)
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Website http://www.nald.ca/nfldlit.htm

Midway Restaurant & Snack Bar Port Hope Simpson
Phone 709 960-0291
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Moulder of Dreams Pottery Studio Port Hope Simpson
Phone/Fax 709 960-0333
Contact Mary Penney
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Website http://www.southeastern-labrador.nf.ca/communities/moulderofdreams.htm

Notley’s Store Port Hope Simpson
Phone 709 960-0325
Contact Ron Notley
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Penney’s Enterprise Store Port Hope Simpson
General Stores, Service Station
Phone 709 960-0222 Fax 709 960-0210
Contact Eldred Penney
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Pentecostal Tabernacle
http://www.calvarytabernacle.org/about.html
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Port Hope Hardware & Building Supplies Port Hope Simpson
Phone 709 960-0405
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Port Hope Simpson Learning Centre
Phone 709 960-0401/0430
Fax 709 960-0449
Contact Denise Russell
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Port Hope Simpson Community Recreation Centre
Phone 709 960-0245
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South Eastern Aurora Development Port Hope Simpson
Phone 709 960-0430
Fax 709 960-0425
Contact Roxanne Notley
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Phone 938 7000/7005 Fax 938-7030

Contact Judy Pardy
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SEAD Zone 4 Blazing New Trails Newsletter
Phone 709 960-0470/0498 Fax 709 960-0476
Contact Blair Gillis
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Strugnall’s Woodwork Port Hope Simpson
Woodcutting & Sawmill Operation
Phone 709 960-0250 Fax 709 960-0266
Contact Simon Strugnall
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Youth Ventures Centre Port Hope Simpson
Phone 709 960-0498
Contact Betty Strugnall
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The Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Community Business Development Corporations (CBDCs) administers the Youth Ventures Program, which has helped students as young as 12 years old start businesses in areas such as web page design, adventure tourism and jewellery design.

NEWS RELEASE: YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS’ SUCCESS CELEBRATED DURING LUNCHEON
Mount Pearl, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
This afternoon, eight young people received awards celebrating their entrepreneurial achievements during the Sixth Annual Youth Ventures Program Awards banquet held at the Park Avenue Community Centre in Mount Pearl. 13-year-old David Burden of PORT HOPE SIMPSON has been a Youth Ventures Program participant for the past two years. David makes unique jewellery by inscribing a personal message chosen by the customer, such as a name, secret or town, on a grain of rice, which is then encased in a glass bottle and hung on a necklace. David sells his products to several Labrador stores in Port Hope Simpson, Battle Harbour and West St. Modeste. This year, David improved his marketing efforts with a brochure, and targeted the area’s tourism industry, which has helped him reach customers from all over the world. David is an honours student at DC Young School in Port Hope Simpson. He has been named senior athlete of the year and is a Junior Canadian Ranger."
Source: Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency 10 October 2003

Port Hope Simpson naming ceremony 23 August 1934

left to right: Sir John Hope Simpson commissioner of natural resources; Mr. J. Turner forestry department; Capt. Dalton government marine superintendent; John Osborn Williams Junior; Arthur Eric Williams; unknown; Mr. Robinson government engineer; Honourable Thomas Lodge, commissioner of public utilities; Mr. J.O. Williams, owner, Labrador Development Company Ltd.; photograph courtesy of John Illsley, grandson, J.O. Williams

3 June 1935: Sir John Hope Simpson outside Buckingham Palace after receiving a knighthood

21 November 1936: decorated by the Republic of China with the Order of the Brilliant Jade for his services as Director-General of the Chinese National Government Flood Relief Commission; 1 February 1937: "lately a member of the Commission of Government, Newfoundland" awarded the K.B.E.;photograph courtesy Professor Peter Neary

Sticks stacked on deck for export; no evidence of any valid, reliable Newfoundland Government-monitored Bills of Lading has been found The Labrador Development Company Ltd. brochure 1935 printed in Cardiff

The Labrador Development Company Ltd. brochure 1935 printed in Cardiff

Loading wood in Alexis Bay, Port Hope Simpson for pitprops in South Wales collieries, September 1935

The Labrador Development Company Ltd. brochure 1935 printed in Cardiff

John Osborn Williams 48, owner of the Labrador Development Company Ltd. & Arthur Eric Williams 22, Port Hope Simpson 1935

photograph courtesy of John Illsley, grandson of J. O. Williams.

Port Hope Simpson mysteries and historical trail

Serious concerns exist about the final wording of the tombstone's inscription for Arthur Eric and Erica Anitoff Williams, Pioneer Street, Port Hope Simpson.

If you would like to help and know anything at all about the two deaths in suspicious, acrimonious circumstances in the early hours of 3 February 1940 please do not hesitate in contacting your local RCMP detachment or the police force of jurisdiction in your area.

Labrador Development Company Sawmill Ruins, Port Hope Simpson

Labrador Development Company houses: two of only 26 original Company houses still standing in Port Hope Simpson.

"The Englishmen" as they were known by locals kept the houses for their own use. Loggers and their families had to build their own and pay the Company a rent for living there.

spiritual retreat

photograph courtesy provincial Government of Newfoundland and Labrador/tourism

bird-watching

Iceberg-watching

whale-watching

photograph courtesy of Government of Newfoundland and Labrador/Tourism

Humpback turning left at William's Harbour en route Port Hope Simpson

photograph courtesy Government of Newfoundland and Labrador/Tourism

dog-team ride

Prince-a lead dog

skidoo fun

sledging fun

photograph courtesy of Revd. Stephen Cook

helicopter ride to Port Hope Simpson and links

NAIN DIARY & EXTRACTS

HTTP://NAINDIARY.BLOGSPOT.COM
http://naindiarybaptism.blogspot.com
http://naindiaryboats.blogspot.com
http://naindiarychildren.blogspot.com
http://naindiaryfestivals.blogspot.com
http://naindiaryfishing.blogspot.com
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http://naindiaryhuskies.blogspot.com
http://naindiaryicebreak-up.blogspot.com
http://naindiarymailboat.blogspot.com
http://naindiarymailplane.blogspot.com
http://naindiarymedley.blogspot.com
http://naindiarymission.blogspot.com
http://naindiarypeople.blogspot.com
http://naindiaryschool.blogspot.com
http://naindiaryscouts.blogspot.com
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http://naindiaryviews.blogspot.com
http://naindiarywilderness.blogspot.com
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http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/porthopesimpsondiary
http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/porthopesimpsonflh
http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/porthopesimpsonhist
http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/porthopesimpsonsnaps
http://porthopesimpsonchallenge.blogspot.com
http://porthopesimpsonclues.blogspot.com
http://porthopesimpsonsdevelopment.blogspot.com/including ORAL HISTORY as recalled by Mrs. Kathleen Mina Squire (formerly James, known as Bunty James) interviewee, who lived in Port Hope Simpson in 1935 as a guest of her life-long friend, Katie Doreen Williams, daughter of J. O. Williams. Interviewed by Llewelyn Pritchard in the company of John (grandson of J.O. Williams) and Sheila Illsley;11 January 2003
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http://porthopesimpsonrighttothetop.blogspot.com/
http://porthopesimpsonunwrapped.blogspot.com/
http://porthopesimpsonwildbay.blogspot.com/
http://twounsolveddeaths.blogspot.com

VOLUNTARY SERVICE OVERSEAS

vso Canada
806-151 Slater Street, Ottawa, ON K1P 5H3 Canada
http://www.vsocan.org/
Phone Toll Free: 1 888 876-2911 Local phone: 613 234-1364 Fax: 613 234-1444
Contact: Kim Weatherall
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vso India
iVolunteer Overseas, D-134, 1st Floor, East of Kailash, New Delhi 110-065,India
http://www.ivoindia.org/
Phone/Fax: 91-11-26217460
Contact: Rahul Nainwal
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vso Ireland
Brunswick Street North, Dublin 7, Ireland
http://www.vso.org.uk Phone: +353(0)1872 7173
Contact: Carmichael Centre
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vso Kenya and Uganda (VSO Jitolee)
PO Box 49843-00100, Nairobi, Kenya
Phone:+254 2 575312/561603
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vso Netherlands
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http://www.vso.nl/
Phone: +31(0)30 23 20 600
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Unit 505 Pacific Corporate Center, 131 West Avenue, Quezon City,
Philippines, 1105
http://www.vsobahaginan.org.ph/start.asp
Phone:(63-2)3746450/3746452
Contact: Malou Juanito
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vso UK
317 Putney Bridge Road, London, SW15 2PN, United Kingdom
http://www.vso.org.uk
Phone: +44 (0)20 8780 7200
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OTHER LINKS

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http://canada.gc.ca/
http://fatimaportugal.blogspot.com
http://genevaswitzerland.blogspot.com
http://majorcaspain.blogspot.com
http://malagatorremolinos.blogspot.com/
http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/vsoinlabradorflh
http://nicefrance.blogspot.com
http://romeitaly.blogspot.com
http://veniceshortbreakvacation.blogspot.com/
http://www.gov.nf.ca/
http://www.heritage.nf.ca
http://www.hvgb.net/~themdays
http://www.labradorian.optipresspublishing.com/
http://www.labradorsociety.ncf.ca
http://www.labradorvirtualmuseum.ca/gallery/porthope2
http://www.mun.ca/labradorinstitute
http://www.nunatsiaq.com
http://www.nunatsiavut.com/en/nain.php