CNHE - Landing of John Guy - Cupids, Newfoundland and Labrador
N 47° 32.683 W 053° 14.037
22T E 331900 N 5268117
In Cupids, Canada's oldest English settlement, you will find a monument to John Guy, the gentleman who was governor of Canada's first officially sanctioned English colony.
Waymark Code: WMKB1X
Location: Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Date Posted: 03/12/2014
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In Cupids, Canada's oldest English settlement, you will find a monument to John Guy, the gentleman who was governor of Canada's first officially sanctioned English colony.
A strong promoter of settlement in Newfoundland, John Guy was governor of Canada's first officially sanctioned English colony, founded here at Cupids (originally Cuper's Cove) by the London and Bristol Company in 1610. Guy lived here intermittently until about 1614, and explored Trinity Bay, establishing contacts with the Beothuks. On returning to England he was elected Mayor of Bristol and later Member of Parliament. In the quarrels of the times he warmly supported the colonists against their rivals, the seasonal fishermen, who were championed by West Country merchants. He died in 1629.
The plaque reads:
In 1910, this monument was erected under the auspices of the John Guy Memorial Committee. In 1952 the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada recommended that it be accorded national recognition. In 1953 it was transferred to the Government of Canada for preservation as a National Historic Site..
Érigé en 1910 sous le patronage du Comité pour la commémoration de John Guy, ce monument a été déclaré lieu historique national en 1952, sur la recommendation de la Commission des lieux et monuments historiques du Canada. En 1953, son entretien a été confié au gouvernement fédéral
Classification: National Historic Event
Province or Territory: Newfoundland & Labrador
Location - City name/Town name: Cupids
Link to Parks Canada entry (must be on www.pc.gc.ca): [Web Link]
Link to HistoricPlaces.ca: Not listed
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