Flower’s Island is a very dear place for me. Nearly two decades ago I founded and operated Flower’s Island Museum. It was my first foray into entrepreneurship and was an incredible immersion into learning more about story telling, culture, history and the Great Northern Peninsula!
For generations, there were light-keepers that resided on this island that started with Peter Flowers and continued with many members of the Lavallee Family. You will find descendants in Flower’s Cove and Nameless Cove today!
I opted to walk from the White Rocks down to Nameless Cove. The gravel road to the point is a nice walk in which you will pass stacked lobster traps, wharves and fishing rooms before you get to a parking and interpretation area for Flower’s Island. At a low tide you can walk nearly to the island and spend much time combing the beach.
Flower’s Island has forever helped shape the person I am today. As a teenager at the time, I wouldn’t know the impact but walking the road it January of this year, it was all very clear.
Find your passion. Get out and explore.
Live Rural NL –
Christopher Mitchelmore
Dear Christopher, Thanks for the background on the origin of the names Flowers Cove and Nameless Cove! I’m a botanist that used to live in NL, but although we had to move for work, my husband and I come back every summer to visit. In reading Fernald’s accounts of his visits to Flowers Cove from 1924 and 1925, he mentions collecting plants at Rock Marsh. No one seems to know where this is, and I wondered if it is the same location as the White Rocks. Please let me know if you know anything about the location of Rock Marsh. Here’s a link to my website on the Flora of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Thanks for your help. Sue Meades
https://newfoundland-labradorflora.ca/
Forgot to include my e-mail: sjmeades@symaptico.ca