Sound Island is no longer inhabited. The Newfoundland’s
Grand Banks site http://ngb.chebucto.org/
shows Communities Evacuated under 'Centralization Program' as listed in 1965
Report of Department of Public Welfare. Sound Island is included with 12
families evacuated.
The Maritime History Archives at Memorial University of
Newfoundland has a number of photographs taken during the resettlement of
isolated Newfoundland communities. There are several taken in 1951 of Alex and
Annie Stacey’s house launched at Sound Island, Placentia Bay, and moved by sea
to Garden Cove, Placentia Bay. http://www.mun.ca/mha/resettlement/moving_house_1.php#p5
Wikipedia states (without citing a source) that the
residents of Sound Island were evacuated in 1953 and moved into Garden Cove. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_Cove,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador
Do you know when the last Brinstons left Sound Island? When
did your Brinston ancestors leave and where did they settle?
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