A Sail to Isle Valen, Part Two

Isle Valen is a once-thriving, now abandoned community on the island of the same name in Placentia Bay, on Newfoundland's rugged, beautiful south coast. This video (Part Two) is about Isle Valen and it's former residents.
Part One ( https://youtu.be/uZ4aqOebv2k ) was about the sail to Isle Valen.

Music - Until My Last Breath, by Moments
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Recorded in 4K with Vivitar ActionCams and DJI Mini2 drone.
Edited with Shotcut, Audacity and GIMP.

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The current little structure at the entrance to the house was not the store. This small structure was built from scrap & attached in recent years... the part of the house that was the store was removed several years ago -- Carmel Owens


The green growth in front of the abandoned house had two names in Paradise. Called Ornamentals by those like my mom who liked them. Brought there from West Coast. Those who hated them labelled them “Mile a Minutes” (maybe with F-word) as they invasively spread rapidly and were quite irritating. -- Ed Leonard


--begin longer comment from Ed Leonard:
The amount of money offered to leave Isle Valen was small, and was not the reason people left. People left for education, communication, roads, isolation, oppression by merchants, poverty, church politics, etc.

Mainly everyone wanted / hoped for a better future for their children. All government services were being cut back. In our case, even with a very large family, the money was a mere pittance…not even enough for a down payment.

Everyone was also blinded by Faith in Providence, which most credited with everything. Education delivered for many, but not everyone was able to profit from formal education. Faith in most everything else has been practically lost. Luck, connections, risk and hard work are thriving.

Even though fishing offered Hope, industry remained victimized by its structure and control by it's owners / processors. It’s taken 60 years! Many have reached utopia--raising caring, non-greedy and happy children.

Hindsight, nostalgia and myopia may say resettlement was a mistake, however, fundamentally, education and progress therefrom was the dream that was “bought”.
--end comment from Ed Leonard

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