Your "Fish Tales & Tall Ships"
experience
will last for 2.5 hours
and will include
a traditional heritage meal to savour
along with the many activities associated with the 1730s fishery ...
program is offered in French or English, & can be adapted to your wishes
experience
will last for 2.5 hours
and will include
a traditional heritage meal to savour
along with the many activities associated with the 1730s fishery ...
program is offered in French or English, & can be adapted to your wishes
Fish Tales & Tall Ships
Building temporary cabins for shelter as they went , 19 men laboured for nineteen days in the dead of winter to hack a path to St. Pierre (St Peters), the fishing harbour on the north shore, thus eliminating the twenty-two-league sea journey ... from Jill MacLean's book on Roma
Roma at Three Rivers invites your group to step back in time almost 300 years ago, to the era of the tall ships, to experience the life and times at Trois Rivières.
Walk where, in 1732, French merchant, Jean Pierre Roma carved a commercial trading company out of the dense Acadian forest.
Roma's crews built shallops to sail between his site on the Brudenell River and St Peters which had direct assess to the cod rich Gulf of St Lawrence. Imagine Roma's crews building the first roads on P.E.I., one connecting his site to St Peters where Roma's crews accessed their fishing wharf.
Roma followed his dreams and as an early international trader, shipped goods to France, the West Indies, Quebec and Louisbourg.
Roma believed his employees would be happier if the buildings were attractive. One of Roma's employees will explain the 1700s piquet architecture of our reconstruction and why the white flag flies.
Today, Jean Pierre Roma at Three Rivers is a National Historic Site on Brudenell Point, P.E.I. where three Canadian Heritage Rivers converge.
Roma's crews built shallops to sail between his site on the Brudenell River and St Peters which had direct assess to the cod rich Gulf of St Lawrence. Imagine Roma's crews building the first roads on P.E.I., one connecting his site to St Peters where Roma's crews accessed their fishing wharf.
Roma followed his dreams and as an early international trader, shipped goods to France, the West Indies, Quebec and Louisbourg.
Roma believed his employees would be happier if the buildings were attractive. One of Roma's employees will explain the 1700s piquet architecture of our reconstruction and why the white flag flies.
Today, Jean Pierre Roma at Three Rivers is a National Historic Site on Brudenell Point, P.E.I. where three Canadian Heritage Rivers converge.
In the 1730s seamen dreamt of wealth and adventure while exploring a new world, but soon realized that fishing was not for the weak. Aboard ship or on the beach work was relentless and life was infernal. Surviving meant relying on your mates to meet the daily challenges of fishing in distant seas.
Get dressed in the clothing of the period and we will introduce you to the fishery that fed Europe for hundreds of years. Ahoy!
Get dressed in the clothing of the period and we will introduce you to the fishery that fed Europe for hundreds of years. Ahoy!
Fishing Crew Wanted:
Join the crew and relive the life of a 1730s sedentary fishing worker. Build the spring installations, prepare the equipment, rig the boats, salt the catch, store it and send it to market.
Required Skills:
Listen to tall tales and obey the captain
Roll up your sleeves
Ask all the questions you want
A good sense of humour is essential
The Master is always right
Share your "Eau de vie".
Remuneration:
One pound of salt. Taste the fruits of your labour and enjoy the satisfaction of being part of the "crew". Get your name in the "History Book" and earn the right to tell you own tall tales.
Join the crew and relive the life of a 1730s sedentary fishing worker. Build the spring installations, prepare the equipment, rig the boats, salt the catch, store it and send it to market.
Required Skills:
Listen to tall tales and obey the captain
Roll up your sleeves
Ask all the questions you want
A good sense of humour is essential
The Master is always right
Share your "Eau de vie".
Remuneration:
One pound of salt. Taste the fruits of your labour and enjoy the satisfaction of being part of the "crew". Get your name in the "History Book" and earn the right to tell you own tall tales.
Cost: $79.00 + pst per person for a group of 8 to 10 people
Roma at Three Rivers is located 8 km from Montague on the Roma Point Road off Rte 319 in eastern PEI: phone 902 838 3413; email roma1732@gmail.com
"1730s Cod Fishery"
Dreaming of Wealth & Adventure