By Craig Westcott
Plans are being made by the Witless Bay Heritage Committee to install new storyboards and replace the existing one on Lundrigan's Road.
That’s the little lane off the main highway through Witless Bay where the river that feeds down from the back country and through the town swimming pool eventually burbles ins way downhill to spill into the ocean near the convenience store on the main road.
Councillor Jacob Hayden, who is council's liaison with the committee, said a couple of the new storyboards, which will go up in the cemetery, will tell the story of the church bell from St. Patrick's Church. The group is also planning to make and install some new crosses at the cemetery and continue its maintenance program there.
Chief Administrative Officer Jennifer Aspell noted that when the group was salvaging the old bell, the Town agreed to cover the cost of removing it from church and moving it to the cemetery. The committee is hoping to have the bell and beams cleaned and erected in time for the annual Cemetery Mass this summer.
“That was our in-kind contribution to the Heritage Committee's initiative up there," Aspell explained.
The CAO also pointed out the Town's application for an Accessible Community Grant from the Province for an accessible rest area at the Upper Pond where the river spills toward the sea, also involves the Heritage committee. Its members have agreed to create the content for the interpretative panels that will be installed at the site.
"As you know, we've already approved development of a tourism lookout at the Lower Pond, so we're going to be revitalizing that whole area, with new interpretative panels there," Aspell said. "They're also going to create the content for those. If there are any (others) that we do in town, they've agreed to do those also. It's wonderful to have that partnership."
