Port Hope Simpson wild bay

historical fiction based on year as vso volunteer in Port Hope Simpson, Labrador, Newfoundland, Canada 1969-70 and coming back out to The Town of Port Hope Simpson's Coming Home Celebrations in July 2002; also based on holiday travels; Richard ap Meurig's sense of purpose, peace, quietness,returning to awe-inspiring wilderness of The Labrador, spiritual retreat & renewal...http://porthopesimpson.blogspot.com/

Monday, July 19, 2004


Sir John Hope Simpson, 66 years, British Acting Commissioner of Justice and Commissioner of Natural Resources (far left,) holding the banner at the (Port) Hope Simpson Naming Ceremony 23 August 1934; JO Williams Jnr. fourth from left; Arthur Eric Williams, 21 years, fifth from left; JO Williams,48 years, from Britain far right; Mr Thomas Lodge, British Commissioner of Public Utilities second from right; other persons unidentified; photograph courtesy of John Edward Illsley, grandson of JO Williams;