"White Island, the landing place of the Commercial Cables, is as barren a spot as one can well imagine, scarcely a tree on the island, and little vegetation of any kind to enliven the scenery, which, except for the sea, would be dreary, indeed. ... "
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Dominic Mitchell - 10th February 2009 07:25 - #
My hometown (back in 1886) was mentioned in one of the archived articles on the site:
http://atlantic-cable.com/CableCos/CCC-Canso/
"White Island, the landing place of the Commercial Cables, is as barren a spot as one can well imagine, scarcely a tree on the island, and little vegetation of any kind to enliven the scenery, which, except for the sea, would be dreary, indeed. ... "
They should use that for the tourist campaign ...
huxley - 11th February 2009 16:35 - #