Entries to Bell Island Guestbook - August 2000 - December 2000

Name: Janine FitzPatrick
Email:  janine.fitzpatrick@pwgsc.gc.ca
From: Halifax, Nova Scotia
Referred_by: My grandmother lives in Bell Island
Date: 1/5/01

Comments

I have been visiting Bell Island my whole life and it is a very beautiful place. My Dad tells us stories of growing up on the Island and from these stories I can say I've never heard of a friendlier place!!


Name: nyska
Email: 
From: Montreal
Referred_by: I searched for it on canada.com
Date: 1/5/01

Comments

nice page. I'm part of the Katimavik program and I'm going to Bell Island in a few days (Jan.10). I was interested in finding out about the place--your site really helped.


Name: Paula  King(power)
Email:  ppbk00@hotmail.com
From: Camb. Ont (former Bell Islander)
Referred_by: a friend
Date: 1/4/01

Comments

Would love to here from old friends and classmates,graduated from St.Michaels in 1992.


Name: john gunn
Email:  tgunn@netcom.ca
From: acton ontario
Referred_by: web
Date: 1/2/01

Comments

nice to see


Name: Andy &Linda Young
Email:  andy_linda@excite.com
From: Bell Island
Referred_by: From the boys
Date: 1/2/01

Comments

Keep up the good work


Name: Michelle Hawco
Email:  frawco@execulink.com
From: Cambridge, Ontario
Referred_by: Friend
Date: 1/1/01

Comments

Nice to revisit Bellisland on the net


Name: Michelle Hawco
Email:  frawco@execulink.com
From: Cambridge, Ontario
Referred_by: Friend
Date: 1/1/01

Comments

Nice to revisit Bellisland on the net


Name: Michelle Hawco
Email:  frawco@execulink.com
From: Cambridge, Ontario
Referred_by: Friend
Date: 1/1/01

Comments

Nice to revisit Bellisland on the net


Name: Fox Galway
Email:  galwayrm@sprint.ca
From:
Referred_by:
Date: 1/1/01

Comments

Reg I would like to wish everyone from Bell Island the world over a very Happy New Year. Ray {Fox} Galway and Maria. P.S. ESPECIALLY Terry, Cynthia, Cory, John and Gloria and of course Basha.


Name: INEZ DEROUCHIE/BICKFORD
Email:  angelrose@sympatico.ca
From: Cambridge,Ontario
Referred_by: Wilfred Bickrord
Date: 12/31/00

Comments

I LOVE THIS SITE


Name: INEZ DEROUCHIE/BICKFORD
Email:  angelrose@sympatico.ca
From: Cambridge,Ontario
Referred_by: Wilfred Bickrord
Date: 12/31/00

Comments

I LOVE THIS SITE


Name: Boo GREN
Email:  hotpot60@hotmail.com
From: BOO
Referred_by: NETS
Date: 12/30/00

Comments

I think Bell Is should open aSeed house or Forest planting. Forget the sea and start planting!!!!!!! That's the future!! and renewable too!!!!!!!!!!


Name: Blair Barrett
Email:  jlindsay18@home.com
From: winnipeg,manitoba
Referred_by: I found out about this page on the back of the Submarine Miners    CD
Date: 12/29/00

Comments

The Submarine Miners CD is excellent.Knowing that the Cd came from my hometown,which I will always miss.


Name: PAULA  DOHERTY
Email: 
From:
Referred_by: my brother -in-law showed me this site
Date: 12/24/00

Comments

I think your website is great!


Name: Mike Walsh
Email:  mdwalsh@sprint.ca
From: Eastern Passage N.S.
Referred_by: Frequent Visitor
Date: 12/23/00

Comments

Just stopped in to wish everyone at home and away a very Merry Christmas and all the best in the New Year.Especially Mom, Nan and Leona.


Name: RON BROWN
Email:  brown_c_@hotmail.com
From: georgetown
Referred_by: me sister
Date: 12/22/00

Comments

To all my friend's and family. A Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, From the "Brownses", Marge, Ron Sr., Ron Jr. and Christine.


Name: Donna Holden (nee Duggan)
Email:  donna.holden@sympatico.ca
From: North Bay, Ont
Referred_by: Visit the site often for updated sign-ins
Date: 12/22/00

Comments

Hello to all those who remember me. Would love to hear from old friends, i.e. Carla Ash, Jean (Murphy) Peddle, Sharon Nolan, Jeannie (King) Brown, Elaine Neary, etc.


Name: Donna Lonsway(Noseworthy)
Email:  cralyn.cottage@sympatico.ca
From: Bell Island
Referred_by: Surfin' the net
Date: 12/21/00

Comments

Love the sight. Would like to hear from Linda Newhook or Betty Tucker


Name: Wade Peardon
Email:  wadepeardon @excite.com
From: Victoria, B.C.
Referred_by: friend
Date: 12/21/00

Comments

One of the best sites i've seen so far, loved the video. As an RCMP member and native East Coaster, Bell Island would be a very nice posting.


Name: Elizabeth (Whalen) Blundon
Email:  blundon@admin.humberc.on.ca
From: Main Street
Referred_by: Surfying the Net
Date: 12/20/00

Comments

I really love this site. Thanks to Reg for all his hard work to keep us in touch with home. I would like to wish all my family and friends a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Especially Rosalind Pinsent. Keep up the great work Reg.


Name: Glenn Kavanagh
Email:  gkavanag@isn.net
From: Charlottetown PEI
Referred_by:
Date: 12/18/00

Comments

Season Greetings to all Islanders....Home and Adrift....and especially to Ken, Alice, Melanie, Billy, Kenny and Jonathan who are so fortunate to be still living there!

GlennK


Name: Gary Peddle
Email:  garypeddle@yahoo.ca
From: Tulk's Lane, now Montreal
Referred_by: researching Bell Island history
Date: 12/18/00

Comments

This is a great site! I lived on the island with my folks (Alex and Rose Peddle) until I was 12. I hope I will still see some of the things I remember when I visit. If there are any old friends or relatives out there reading this, please contact me.


Name: Jeanie Hann (Tremblett)
Email:  rhann@camhydro.com
From:
Referred_by: Family
Date: 12/13/00

Comments

Great site! Very professionally done.


Name: James Gear
Email:  james_gear@clifton.ca
From: Edmonton,AB
Referred_by: my Wife
Date: 12/11/00

Comments

I would like to say HI to everyone from home(Bell Island). I have not lived there for about 10 years. will be back for sisters wedding in Aug.(Darlene Gear an Gary Crane) see you than.


Name: David Foley
Email:  dafoley@roadrunner.nf.net
From: Middleton Avenue, Bell Island
Referred_by:
Date: 12/11/00

Comments

Iam presently living in St. John's but I built a new retirement home on Bell Island in 1997, planning on returning to the rock in a few years. I would like to hear from friends and relatives. Visit my website at davidfoleyinspections.com


Name: Walt Dwyer
Email:  elmo@theedge.ca
From: Bell Island
Referred_by: Refered
Date: 12/10/00

Comments

Have'nt been home in 11 yr's. Hope to get there next yr.


Name: Clayton & Cynthia Vokey
Email:  cvokey@sympatico.ca
From: Cambridge
Referred_by: Doesn't every Bell Islander Adrift know about the great page??
Date: 12/10/00

Comments

Just wanted to wish all our family and friends a wonderful Christmas and an excellent New Year!!! All the best in 2001.


Name: colin b. hann
Email:  mel's place
From: 6033 sundance pl., mississauga
Referred_by: R & R  {RUSS n REG}
Date: 12/10/00

Comments

You show HOME exactly as it should be shown ... a little chunk of rock in the middle of nowhere, that means everything...long live "HARRY HIBBS"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

that means everything


Name: Kathy Rockwell
Email:  rayareaburn@home.com
From: Bell Island,    Alberta
Referred_by:
Date: 12/9/00

Comments

Hi all My family moved moved in 1980. I have taken my daughter (Raya) to the Island and she loved it.


Name: Mary (King) Malvar
Email:  sparkyrees@hotmail.com
From: Bell Island (West Mines) Now Cambridge, ON
Referred_by: Friend
Date: 12/3/00

Comments

I went to Imaculate Conception High School. Left Bell Island in 1966. I really like your web site. My fathers name was Jim King, Lance Cove, he worked in the mines as a Cable splicer.


Name: Wally 0
Email:  wally0@nf.sympatico.ca
From: PAB
Referred_by: me mudder
Date: 11/28/00

Comments

Nice Page U should Link <a href="http://www.gatewaytonewfoundland.com">http://www.gatewaytonewfoundland.com</a> for some great informations and pictures about the southwest coast of Newfoundland.


Name: Keith Sheppard
Email:  wabana2@hotmail.com
From: Cambridge/formerly from the ROCK
Referred_by: Family
Date: 11/23/00

Comments

Left in 1967. Wud like to hear from any old school mates. Also looking for issues of St. Boniface year book for 1966 & 1967. Great site. Brings back memories. Keith


Name: Keith Sheppard
Email:  wabana2@hotmail.com
From: cambridge/via Bell Island
Referred_by: Family
Date: 11/23/00

Comments

Great site . Left /67. Wud like to hear from old school mate from St. Boniface. Also looking for issues of school for the years 1966 & 1967. Let me know Thx Keith


Name: chris&kay davis [penney]
Email:  newf2@sentex.net
From: bell island living in cambridge ont
Referred_by: from a friend
Date: 11/18/00

Comments

great work reg.keep it going


Name: vanessa bursey
Email:  vbursey@telusplanet.com
From: FortMcMurray, Alberta
Referred_by: search engine
Date: 11/16/00

Comments

I am trying to find a friend that I lost contact with about ten years ago. Her home town was bell island. name is wendy murphy, mother and father is peter and Joshephine.Three brothers,Peter,Dwayne and Chris. please send me any information, you have.


Name: DeAnne Hawco
Email:  deannehawco@hotmail.com
From: Edmonton, AB
Referred_by:
Date: 11/16/00

Comments

Sorry, to sign in again but I just wanted to add a few things. The pictures on this site are just fabulous, and I hope to see Bell Island in person one day. For any family in Toronto who sees this, please email me and get in touch.


Name: DeAnne Hawco
Email:  deannehawco@hotmail.com
From: Edmonton, AB
Referred_by:
Date: 11/16/00

Comments

Just like to say that this is an awesome website.


Name: Karen Stone
Email:  kstone@gtmconsulting.com
From: Originally from The Track, Bell Island, now living in Vancouver
Referred_by: Searching the Web
Date: 11/15/00

Comments

I would like to congraduate Reg on the wonderful website he has developed. I've only been gone a year but that's long enough to miss Bell Island. Keep up the good work!!


Name: Karen Stone
Email:  kstone@gtmconsulting.com
From: Originally from The Track, Bell Island, now living in Vancouver
Referred_by: Searching the Web
Date: 11/15/00

Comments

I would like to congraduate Reg on the wonderful website he has developed. I've only been gone a year but that's long enough to miss Bell Island. Keep up the good work!!


Name: Chrissy Dwyer
Email:  chrissydwyer@hotmail.com
From: Bell Island
Referred_by: A friend
Date: 11/14/00

Comments

This site is great for looking for peoples email addresses. GOOD WORK!!!!! Christina Dwyer


Name: Mary Bowdring
Email:  maysie10@hotmail.com
From: Mary Bowdring (Purcell)
Referred_by: Heard from friends
Date: 11/12/00

Comments

Great seeing all the names of school friends! Hope to visit Bell Island soon. Great job on the site!


Name: gordie purcell
Email:  GORDPURCELL@HOTMAIL.COM
From: gord purcell
Referred_by: browsing the internet
Date: 11/12/00

Comments

How's it going my son! Love to hear from all the girls I've loved before! Living in Oshawa. Great site!


Name: maurice keels
Email:  keels@netrover.com
From:
Referred_by: wally taplin
Date: 11/11/00

Comments

it's a great web site


Name: Christine Brown
Email:  brown_c_@hotmail.com
From: Georgetown
Referred_by: While searching nfld.
Date: 11/11/00

Comments

I visited Bell Island the past summer, after a ten year absence. I forgot how beautiful it is. I have alot of family there and no matter how long I've been gone, they treated me with open arms and made me feel welcome.


Name: cauline lahey
Email:  cauline_h@hotmail.com
From: cambridge --ont.
Referred_by: just surfing the net
Date: 11/9/00

Comments

hi --all bellislanders ---miss home and would love to hear from old friends --specialy blair--hope ya got my message ---tc all and hope to hear from you soon


Name: Hann
Email:  norma6033@home.com
From:
Referred_by: Collin Hann
Date: 11/7/00

Comments

Great vidio


Name: Joe Skanes
Email:  skanes@my.bellisland.net
From: Charlottetown, PE
Referred_by:
Date: 11/6/00

Comments

TRANSFERED!!! Finally got my transfer back to St. John's. Looking forward to Dec. 1st. Put on the kettle Rose!


Name: Dexter Higgins
Email:  drdexterhiggins@sprint.ca
From: Whitby, Ontario
Referred_by: Searched for Bell Island on the net a few years ago.
Date: 11/4/00

Comments

I visit the guestbook frequently to see where former friends and fellow Bell Islanders are living. I recognized lots of names and remember many friends in the book. Thanks to all you who help keep "home" close to those of us who are so far away.


Name: Bernie Doyle (Red)
Email:  bkdoyle@attcanada.ca
From: P.E.I
Referred_by: surfing
Date: 11/4/00

Comments

I really liked the new format of the web page, and would like to hear from all who know me, be back soon!!!


Name: ralph gover
Email:  rgover@telus.net
From: prince george british columbia
Referred_by: friends
Date: 11/2/00

Comments

left in 1962,miss it all,anyone remembers me,drop a line.


Name: Glen Hoffe
Email:  ghoffe@mun.ca
From:
Referred_by: Web Browsing
Date: 11/1/00

Comments

Parents moved to the Island around 1958 and left December 1967.


Name: Sandra Kerver (Hammond)
Email:  Kerver71@home.com
From: Mississauga,Ontario
Referred_by: Family
Date: 10/31/00

Comments

Daughter Of Cyil Hammond & Loretta nee (O'Brien) left Bell Island in 76 Married for 24 years, Daughter 21 & Son 16..great too see pic's of back home.... great way to keep in touch with old friends...emails welcome ..


Name: Rowena[Hammond]Taylor
Email: 
From: London.Ont
Referred_by: my nephew David
Date: 10/29/00

Comments

I lived in the valley.went to St.Boniface nice to see some of the pictures.GOOD LUCK.


Name: Rowena[Hammond}Taylor
Email: 
From: London,Ont
Referred_by: my nephew,David
Date: 10/29/00

Comments

Ilived in the valley married George,iwent to St.Boniface,we left the island in 66 it was nice to see the island on the web keep up the good work.


Name: Rowena{Hammond}Taylor
Email: 
From: London Ont
Referred_by: my nephew David
Date: 10/29/00

Comments

Ileft the island in 66 went to st boniface lived in the valley just logged on nice to see some familar names would love too see the island again


Name: Rowena{Hammond}Taylor
Email: 
From: London Ont
Referred_by: my nephew David
Date: 10/29/00

Comments

Ileft the island in 66 went to st boniface lived in the valley just logged on nice to see some familar names would love too see the island again


Name: Tim Whalen
Email:  ironhead721@home.com
From: Toronto
Referred_by: surfing
Date: 10/29/00

Comments

I am the grandson of the late Henry Whalen of Bell Island.I have never been there but look forward to visiting soon.


Name: Ann  Cumben
Email:  norman.c@ns.sympatico.ca
From: ns(formally nfld)
Referred_by: sympatico mag
Date: 10/29/00

Comments

hope to visit one day


Name: Ann  Cumben
Email:  norman.c@ns.sympatico.ca
From: ns(formally nfld)
Referred_by: sympatico mag
Date: 10/29/00

Comments

hope to visit one day


Name: vanessa
Email:  owls@trevante.fsnet.co.uk
From: england
Referred_by: family
Date: 10/28/00

Comments

thank you for sharing apart of your beautiful world, my mom was born on the island


Name: s. demolitor
Email:  kdemo@nb.sympatico.ca
From: new brunswick
Referred_by: deborah gosine
Date: 10/26/00

Comments

its great


Name: APRIL DELANEY
Email: 
From: BELL  ISLAND
Referred_by: I FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS PAGE FROM MY UNCLE JASON DROVER
Date: 10/24/00

Comments

I beleive this website is great and should be known to more people.i think that bell island is making wounderful sucess.keep up the good work.


Name: Alex Victorino
Email:  alexvictorino@altavista.com
From: St.John's
Referred_by: From a friend.
Date: 10/24/00

Comments

My girlfriend is from there, and she gave me a tour. Very impressed with the mines and caves. Can't wait for another tour!


Name: Imelda (Grant) Darwish
Email:  adel.darwish@ns.sympatico.ca
From: Somerset, Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia
Referred_by: while I was looking up my old home town!
Date: 10/23/00

Comments

SOME GOOD B'Y! I enjoyed many of your articles and was amazed and touched to see my own father highlighted among the notable islanders. Thanks for the memories!


Name: amy byrne
Email:  bryne@sentex.net
From: bell island newfoundland
Referred_by: frend
Date: 10/21/00

Comments

form bell island hi every one


Name: Gerald Bickford
Email:  geraldbickford@hotmail.com
From: Bell Island
Referred_by: Surfing
Date: 10/20/00

Comments

This site makes me smile when i see all the names of my friends from the past and also brings back a lot of great memories.Living in Toronto for 20 years and have not been home in 15 years,but will next year for sure.


Name: Noel Vokey
Email:  noelvokey@hotmail.com
From: Bell Island
Referred_by: just typed in bell island
Date: 10/14/00

Comments

I left in 1965 at the age of 9. We lived in West Mines. My parents Lenora and the late Isaac Vokey . Great site


Name: Art  Smith ''Whoie''
Email:  www. whoie.com
From: Cambridge , Ont
Referred_by: AFriend
Date: 10/14/00

Comments

IWOuld Like To Say Hello To All My Friends And Family HOPE TO SEE YOU sOON


Name: Fred Noseworthy
Email:  lfcn@yahoo.com
From: Bell Island
Referred_by: Surfing
Date: 10/11/00

Comments

Went to Robert Tilley School Married Brenda Hammond from Armoury rd.


Name: Craig Sheppard
Email:  shep@mgl.ca
From: Cambridge
Referred_by: Family
Date: 10/10/00

Comments

Just like to say keep up the good work its a very informative site and like to say hi to my friends and family on the ROCK.


Name: kevin bartlett
Email:  kevinreidbartlette@hotmail.com
From: cambridge ont
Referred_by: from family
Date: 10/10/00

Comments

I think that u have a teriffic web page and i'm glad to see that the island is still doing good.This is a way for me to still be on the island by beeing so far away.Thang you and i hope you and i hope you keep up the good job.


Name: kevin bartlett
Email:  kevinreidbartlette@hotmail.com
From: cambridge ont
Referred_by: from family
Date: 10/10/00

Comments

I think that u have a teriffic web page and i'm glad to see that the island is still doing good.This is a way for me to still be on the island by beeing so far away.Thang you and i hope you and i hope you keep up the good job.


Name: Reid Proudfoot
Email:  proud@netbistro.com
From: B.I...now in B.C.
Referred_by:
Date: 10/9/00

Comments

When IS the town council going to be posted??!!


Name: Paddy Ashford
Email:  melanie_ryan@hotmail.com
From:
Referred_by:
Date: 10/8/00

Comments

I would l9ike to heart ffrom some friends from home to see how you are gettin' on! So E-Mail me at the above address!


Name: Paddy Ashford
Email: 
From: Bell Island living in Cambridge, ON
Referred_by: Came uppon the site
Date: 10/8/00

Comments

Hello to all my family back home and me buddies!


Name: Kevin Butler
Email:  kbutler@sympatico.ca
From: Bell Island (The Front)...now in Scarborough, Ont
Referred_by: Visited this site before....
Date: 10/7/00

Comments

The new page looks great.......the links and video are a great additive. My parents Walt and Mary said to say HI,,the next time I visited the site.


Name: Chuck Shea
Email:  chuck_shea@sympatico.ca
From: CFB Petawawa
Referred_by: Mom
Date: 9/30/00

Comments

Great work. Really nice to see a view of home again. Hopefully i will get the chance to get home this winter. If not hello to everyone.


Name: Josephine Briguglio
Email:  GGSB@bigpond.com
From: Brisbane, QLD  AUSTRALIA
Referred_by: Wonderful Friend
Date: 9/30/00

Comments

Amazing sight. Look forward to seeing Bell Island in person one day. Thank you Waltie. ('ows she goin' by!)


Name: Josephine Briguglio
Email:  DANGEROUSKISS2000@HOTMAIL.COM
From: Brisbane, QLD  AUSTRALIA
Referred_by: Wonderful Friend
Date: 9/30/00

Comments

Amazing sight. Look forward to visit Bell Island in person one day. Soon I hope. Thank you Waltie. ('ows she goin' by!)


Name: David E Belisle
Email:  gimeabrk@writeme.com
From: Naugatuck CT USA
Referred_by: Researching maps of NF for info on Bell Isle (Island)
Date: 9/27/00

Comments

My ancestors are from Canada - don't know yet if originally from BI. Family story is that our name (if not us) came from Bell Isle (Island). Thrilled to find this web site and see the island can be visited etc. Thanks so much.


Name: Ron
Email:  rnoseworthy@sprint.ca
From: Bell Island
Referred_by: recomended by a friend
Date: 9/27/00

Comments

It`s a great sight, saw a lot of familiar names. feel free to e-mail me.


Name: Alice Hurley (Normore)
Email:  anormore@ivillage.com
From: Bell Island
Referred_by: friend
Date: 9/26/00

Comments

Great page! Keep up the good work.


Name: Darcy Murphy
Email:  DarcyMurphy@yahoo.ca
From: cambridge,ontario
Referred_by:
Date: 9/25/00

Comments

good page but needs more about the jr.blues.


Name: Heber W Chipman
Email:  hchipman@roadrunner.nf.net
From: Bell Island now living in St. John's
Referred_by: Surfinf
Date: 9/25/00

Comments

Just say Hi!!! Great way to find family and friends.


Name: M.  PAULIN
Email:  paulin@windsor.igs.net
From: ontario
Referred_by: friend
Date: 9/24/00

Comments

I REALY ENJOY THE PICTURES AND MAY VERY WELL GO OVER THERE AND TAKE MY OWN SOMEDAY.


Name: Lisa Rees & Jason Brown
Email: 
From: Brampton,ont
Referred_by: uncle
Date: 9/24/00

Comments

Nice to See our small town on the world wide web. coming home for a vacation soon. Hope to see you then!


Name: Erica M Byrne (grand-daughter of Peter W. Byrne)
Email: 
From: Canada
Referred_by: My uncle told me about it
Date: 9/24/00

Comments

I loved the site. It was very interesting. I viewed the site with Eric Byrne (son of Peter W. and my father), Bill Byrne(also son of Peter W. and my uncle), they also enjoyed the site. A job well done on who created this.


Name: David Hammond
Email:  dm4j@home.com
From: Bell Island / Living in Toronto
Referred_by: We all have it.....ha ha
Date: 9/23/00

Comments

Well, so nice to check in and see what's goin on again. For some of us, this is how we come home. I would love to hear from old friends...( I am the son of Cyril and Loretta Hammond) West Mines. Remember: A SMILE IMPROVES YOUR "FACE" VALUE.


Name: Elizabeth (Whelan) Blundon
Email:  blundon@admin.humberc.on.ca
From: Main Street now Mississauga, Ontaro
Referred_by: Just typed in Bell Island
Date: 9/21/00

Comments

Reg: I love the improvement you have made to the site. Keep up the great work.


Name: VANESSA GOULDING
Email:  OWLS@TREVANTE.FSNET.CO.UK
From: SHEFFILD. ENGLAND
Referred_by: FAMILY
Date: 9/21/00

Comments

WINN JARVIS HELEN ADAMS ANY BODY THAT KNEW BABE ALSO KNOWN AS FRANCES JOHNSON


Name: VANESSA GOULDING
Email:  OWLS@TREVANTE.FSNET.COM.UK
From: SHEFFIELD ENGLAND
Referred_by: FAMILY
Date: 9/21/00

Comments

MY MOM LIVED ON BELL ISLAND ON THE GREEN. FRANCES JOHNSON.OTHER FAMILY NAME IS THE NORMORES THAT STILL LIVE THERE.


Name: Michelle Brazil
Email:  mbrazil@powersurfr.com
From: edmonton alberta
Referred_by: Surfing
Date: 9/20/00

Comments

looking for info. about the history of the brazil family and name!


Name: vanessa goulding
Email:  owls@trevante.fsnet.co.uk
From: sheffield england
Referred_by: college
Date: 9/20/00

Comments

my family live on the island the normore family


Name: Shirley Kavanagh (Jackman)
Email:  TomshirleyK@aol.com
From: Kelligrews
Referred_by: Friend
Date: 9/19/00

Comments

Great site - looking forward to spending a lot of time exploring all that is available.


Name: Shirley Kavanagh (Jackman)
Email:  Tomshirleyk@aol.ca
From: Kelligrews
Referred_by: Friend
Date: 9/19/00

Comments

Great site, saw many familiar names. Left Bell Island in 1962 for Ontario and returned in 1980.


Name: DON@SUE LEONARD
Email:  SLEONARD1@HOME.COM
From: KITCHENER,ONT.
Referred_by: JUST LOOKING AROUND
Date: 9/18/00

Comments

WE ENJOYED YOUR WEBSITE. LIKE TO SEE SOME OLDER PHOTO'S OF THE ISLAND


Name: Karen(O'Brien)Locke
Email:  Lockedean@hotmail.com
From: Georgetown,On.
Referred_by: family
Date: 9/18/00

Comments

It's nice to see familiar names, great pictures!Email's welcome from any old friends.Take care everybody.


Name: Margaret Lorraine Gale
Email:  margaretlorraine@icqmail.com
From: Bell Island, Newfoundland
Referred_by: just browsing the web
Date: 9/17/00

Comments

I love this website,I left as a child, and would like to hear from anyone who remembers Helen Sarah Hawco, who married Wallace Gale


Name: TODD PEDDLE
Email:  PEDDLET79@HOTMAIL.COM
From: ST.PHILIPS
Referred_by: 4TH STREET PUB
Date: 9/17/00

Comments

LIKE TO SAY HELLO TO PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER LOOKING FOR OLD BUDDYS WHO HUNG AROUND SALLYS ON FRIDAY NIGHTS P.S THE BEER AT THE PUB IS GETTING COLDER MORE AT THE PUB SO COME ON IN AND WE WILL HAVE A CHAT


Name: Ed Metcalfe
Email:  emetcalfe@roadrunner.nf.net
From: Seal Cove
Referred_by: Friends
Date: 9/17/00

Comments

Your web page just keeps getting better and better


Name: L.J. Mason
Email:  childof1982@aol.com
From: Amarillo,Texas
Referred_by: from TED  my dear friend
Date: 9/15/00

Comments

MY MOMS FAMILY (O'MARA'S) WAS FROM ST. JOHN'S. I LOVE TO LEARN ABOUT THIS PART OF THE WORLD. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK "TED" FOR THIS SITE AND PRAY FOR THE DAY WE WILL MEET HERE. AS US TEXANS WULD SAY YEAA HAAWWW!


Name: Johnena (Cahill) Quirke
Email:  quirkej@mail.keyin.com
From: Lance Cove Road
Referred_by: Surfing the net
Date: 9/14/00

Comments

Excellent changes made. Will visit often.


Name: Gerard Davis
Email:  gerard.davis@sympatico.ca
From: Cambridge,Ontario
Referred_by: Sister
Date: 9/10/00

Comments

Excellent site. More pictures needed. Brings back lots of great memories of growing up on the West Mines. Would like to hear from past friends and relatives from the best place in Canada.


Name: Robert Janes
Email:  hydra@arctic.ca
From: Rankin Inlet, Nunavut
Referred_by: Use to live in CB South
Date: 9/9/00

Comments

Excellent information. I am writing a story about C Bay. Looking for info on the Rose Castle and PLM 27.


Name: Bob  and Peg Gurkin
Email:  bgurkin@mindspring.com
From: Raleigh, NC. USA
Referred_by: search engine
Date: 9/6/00

Comments

The most beautiful island I have ever visited. Loved it so much that we bought a house there. Needless to say, we will return.


Name: Paula King (
Email:  ppbk00@hotmail.com
From: Camb. Ont (former Bell Islander)
Referred_by: Friends
Date: 9/6/00

Comments

Great site, I get home sick everytime I click on.


Name: Roseann Brierley (Furey)
Email:  ladybug@csolve.net
From: Beeton, Ontario
Referred_by: Cousin, Dominic Slade
Date: 9/5/00

Comments

Father,John Furey(Jacko)Mother Dympna lived on the Green.Brothers Gary and Bill Furey.I would like to say hello to any of my old friends. This is sure a nice way to vist home.


Name: Sherry Davis
Email: 
From: Cambridge, Ontario
Referred_by: My sister Marilyn
Date: 9/4/00

Comments

Great site! My family is from Bell Island so it's nice to see where they all lived...


Name: Craig McDowall
Email:  skib@hyper.net.nz
From: New Zealand
Referred_by: by a good friend
Date: 9/3/00

Comments

very informative site,will have to get there some day soon to see the I sland for my self and my good friends on the Island


Name: Linda Young
Email:  bubba_young@thezone.net
From: Bell Island
Referred_by: freinds
Date: 9/2/00

Comments

very cool site..keep up the good work.


Name: Ann Marie Blyde(Wiseman)
Email:  blyde@conestogan.net
From: Cambridge, Ont.
Referred_by: Friend
Date: 9/2/00

Comments

Really like the new look of the Bell Island Web Site!


Name: john dwyer
Email:  jdwier@hotmail.com
From: bell  island
Referred_by: surfing
Date: 9/1/00

Comments

love your web site loves bell island


Name: mary dwyer
Email:  linday31@hotmail.com
From: cambridge ontario
Referred_by: by accident
Date: 8/31/00

Comments

it was great to look at the scenery of bell island once more you did a beautiful arrangement with the videoand i see a little of everty thing thank you mary


Name: Sandra Bedard
Email:  sambedard@home.com
From: Vancouver Island, B.C.Canada
Referred_by: referred by a friend
Date: 8/31/00

Comments

Wow....I thought we lived on the most beautiful island in Canada, but I can see Bell Island is very close in beauty. Some day I hope to visit it......


Name: Debbie Hammond
Email:  dgh59@home.com
From: Cambridge Ontario
Referred_by: friend
Date: 8/30/00

Comments

Enjoyed seeing where my husband grew up


Name: Edward Fahey
Email:  mdavisefahey@sympatico.ca
From: Cambridge, Ontario
Referred_by: Friend
Date: 8/30/00

Comments

Son of Bernard Fahey & Margaret Pendergast.


Name: jean rockwell (davis) bottles davis sister
Email:  jeanrockwell@home.com
From:
Referred_by: great always looking for someone I haven't heard from in years
Date: 8/30/00

Comments

If anyone knows where lorraine jarvis is please say hello to her for me thanks jean(davis) rockwell


Name: Lynda Betts
Email:  lynda.betts@sympatico.ca
From: Markdale, Ontario
Referred_by: I picked up a brochure about Bell Island at St. John's airport that had your website on it.
Date: 8/30/00

Comments

I visited Newfoundland in July 2000. It was the third time I had been there. I have a sister-inlaw who lives at Portugal Cove. Gloria McBride, nee Parsons was born on Bell Island. I plan to visit Newfoundland as often as possible.


Name: Tanya (Delaney) Cudmore
Email:  tcc@isn.net
From: Bell Island, now in PEI
Referred_by:
Date: 8/29/00

Comments

Back again to check things out.


Name: Bernard,Collette & Nathan Fahey
Email:  cbickfordfahey@ns.sympatico.ca
From: Halifax,Nova Scotia
Referred_by: Friend
Date: 8/29/00

Comments

Wonderful job! Keep up the good work!


Name: Gerard Davis
Email:  gerard.davis@sympatico.ca
From: Cambridge,Ontario
Referred_by:
Date: 8/29/00

Comments

Always interested in news from home. Will visit the site often and show my children to get and keep them informed.


Name: Darlene Maddick (Tobin)
Email:  dmaddick@roadrunner.nf.net
From: ST.John's/NF
Referred_by: Family
Date: 8/29/00

Comments

Wonderful page,very Informative!! Great Job!!!


Name: shawn fowler
Email:  sf-09-99@yahoo.ca
From: bell island
Referred_by: in school
Date: 8/28/00

Comments

this website is very good


Name: Marilyn Davis
Email:  mdavisefahey@sympatico.ca
From: Cambridge, Ontario
Referred_by: friend
Date: 8/27/00

Comments

Good work!


Name: florence butler
Email:  florence butler@hotmail.com
From: hillsburg ontario
Referred_by: internet
Date: 8/26/00

Comments

i enjoy it very much


Name: florence butler
Email:  florence butler@hotmail.com
From: hillsburg ontario
Referred_by: internet
Date: 8/26/00

Comments

i enjoy it very much


Name: florence butler
Email:  florencebutler@hotmail.com
From: hiisburg ontario
Referred_by: internet
Date: 8/26/00

Comments

enjoy it very much


Name: Lisa Keats
Email:  lisakeats@netscape.net
From: Trepassey
Referred_by: T.V. Guide Feature
Date: 8/25/00

Comments

I hope to visit Bell Island someday soon, by your description I think you have a beautiful place to live. Tell Diana I said hello and be proud of her wonderful husband. Lisa.


Name: Barb Larson
Email:  gonefishing@gateway.net
From: Buffalo, Minnesota
Referred_by:
Date: 8/25/00

Comments

Bell Island looks like a beautiful place to visit. Afraid to visit may never want to return to MN. Really enjoyed your site. Thanks


Name: Pam Harding
Email:  hardingpj@home.com
From: (Now Fort McMurray) (org. Bell Island)
Referred_by: Just surfin'
Date: 8/24/00

Comments

Just checking out the guestbook to see if any old friends had logged in recently. Looks great! Keep up the good job.


Name: Janie and Rob Frank
Email:  janie.frank@royalbank.com
From: Brampton Ontario
Referred_by: Island Hide Away websit and NFLD web page
Date: 8/23/00

Comments

The best part of our first visit to Newfoundland was Bell Island. We came for an afternoon and stayed three days.


Name: Paul Noseworthy
Email:  paul_noseworthy@hotmail.com
From: Halifax, N.S.
Referred_by: Looked it up!
Date: 8/21/00

Comments

Great job. The pictures look great as a background for my desktop.


Name: Rhona (Pitts) Winter
Email:  winteront@sympatico.ca
From:
Referred_by: My brother, Noel Pitts
Date: 8/20/00

Comments

Great site. Nice to see many names from school and childhood friends. Just moved from South Carolina to Ontario. From Parsonsville, Bell Island.


 


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