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Lovell's 1871
Provincial Business Directory

BLACK RIVER
Trnscribed by John M. Ross

size="4" > A telegraph station at the head of Placentia Bay in the district of Placentia. This place abounds with game, wild geese and ducks. New York, Newfoundland and London Telegraph Co. has an office here. Distant from Little Placentia by boat 40 miles. Population 46.

Blackader A., telegraph operator
Gilbert Gabriel, fisherman
Gosney Alfred, fisherman
McRae Patrick, fisherman

The entries have been transcribed as
they appear in the 1871 Lovell's directory.
Over the years, many of the names have become
colloquialized or spelled differently.

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Contributed and Transcribed by: Laura Russell

Page Revised: January - 2003 (Don Tate)

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