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Harbour Grace, the "Capital of Conception Bay", is one of Newfoundland's oldest<br />
settlements. It was raided by Captain Mannering's pirates in 1614 and was a rendezyous<br />
for Peter Easton, whose fort stood at the iunction of Carbonear Road and Water Street,<br />
while his lair was reputedly Just welt of Ship's Cove Head. The town was twice destroyed<br />
by the French. It was in Harbour Grace that Wesleyanism was first introduced into the<br />
New World. One of the earliest books written in English in the New World was penned<br />
here. Harbour Grace was, at one time, an important fishing and sealing centre. It was<br />
the birthplace of the renowned scientist Sir Thomas Roddick. The first airport in Newfoundland<br />
is located here and from it many pioneer trans-Atlantic flights haye made history.<br />
Four years ago, a disastrous fire wiped out the waterfront of Harbour Grace, and with<br />
it, the town's qreat centre of industrial life. Yet, Phoenix-like, it has already regained<br />
its former position as one of the island's leading fishery centres. Three large fish and<br />
fish by-products plants are situated here - North Eastern Fisherte' Ltd., Crosbie's and<br />
Munn's. The island-wide Agri'cuHural and Industrial Fair held there last summer was a<br />
successful effort on the part of Harbour Gracians to promote their town_ The Cable office<br />
operated by Cable and Wireless Ltd. is an important link: in empire cables. Newfoundland's<br />
first public library was opened here in 181S.
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