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April 7, 1997
(COOPERATION Agreement)


A living historic village is being considered for David's Cove

Twillingate, one of Newfoundland's oldest seaport towns, may be the site of a living historic village which would re-enact the daily life of a 100-year old fishing community. The Twillingate Historic Fishing Village Inc. will commission a consultant to complete a comprehensive feasibility study to recreate a living historic village at David's Cove in Twillingate.

Gerry Reid, MHA - Twillingate and Fogo, on behalf of Judy Foote, Minister of Development and Rural Renewal, today announced $48,150 under the Canada/Newfoundland Strategic Regional Diversification Agreement to support the project.

"The proposed development has the potential to serve as an important anchor tourist attraction with Twillingate and the surrounding area benefiting from economic spin-offs from increased tourism activity," said Gerry Reid. "A business plan is intended to link the Twillingate Historic Fishing Village initiative to existing enterprises in a complementary and non-competitive manner in order to maximize tourist visitation and benefits for the entire region."

The consultant will complete a comprehensive feasibility study considering marketing and operational action plans to ensure the village would become a self-sustaining operation which would complement existing tourism and private initiatives. The study will also address the capital and operational financial requirements of the project and assess the positive and negative impacts it would have on existing commercial operators.

As proposed, the Twillingate Historic Fishing Village would be an accurate theatrical re-enactment of the daily life of a 100 year old fishing community. It would be constructed in such a way that the visitor would become totally absorbed in all aspects of the daily activities of outport lifestyles during that era. Twillingate, one of Newfoundland's oldest seaport towns, was once the centre of the lucrative cod fishery in this part of Notre Dame Bay.

The Canada/Newfoundland Strategic Regional Diversification COOPERATION Agreement is cost-shared between the federal and provincial governments and is administered federally by the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) and provincially by the Department of Development and Rural Renewal.

Contact:

     Paul Murphy                        Susan Laite
     COOPERATION Communications         Development and Rural Renewal
     (709) 772-0219                     (709) 729-4570
1997 04 07 12:05 p.m.

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