Developing the Dream

The Pigeon Inlet Committee: Councillor Clarence Mercer, Chair; Ron Delaney, Director of Development, Tourism, and Recreation for the Town of Bay Roberts; Betty Jerrett, Bay Roberts Heritage Society; Ruth Murray and Agnes Butler, Tourism Committee Representatives; Edmund Dawson, Investors Group Financial Services - Business Representative; Harold Stanford, Citizens' Representative; Kathi Stacey, Destination St. John's; and Margaret Ayad, Baccalieu Consulting.

Committee Photo
Front [l-r] Bay Roberts Mayor Glenn Littlejohn, Dr. Elizabeth Miller, Councillor Clarence Mercer [Chair]
Back [l-r] Harold Stanford, Kathi Stacey, Margaret Ayad, Betty Jerrett, Agnes Butler, Ruth Murray.
Absent from photo: Ron Delaney and Edmund Dawson

Meetings

From the beginning of the concept, Councillor Clarence Mercer pursued an ongoing correspondence with Dr. Elizabeth Miller, Ted Russell's daughter.

Members of the committee met regularly for almost two years, and with each meeting the concept and the plan of action was advanced further. Councillor Mercer notified the town council and Dr. Miller of all developments.

Pivital Meetings

• Mr. Gordon Slade - Chair and Managing Director of the Battle Harbour Historic Trust Inc. and winner of the Royal Canadian Geographic Gold Medal (2002) met with the committee in early 2007. He emphased the importance of quality and authenticity in any project undertaken, and advised the group to set up a trust or a foundation to oversee the project.

• Strategic Planning - In early summer of 2007, a strategic planning session led by Kathi Stacey was held in the historic SUF Lodge on Patterson Street. All committee members were in attendance, as well as Mayor Glenn Littlejohn, Deputy Mayor Melvin Walsh, Dennis Knight of D.W. Knight Associates, and David Lough of the Atlantic Canada Tourism Partnership.

Strategic Planning at SUF Lodge on Patterson Street

[l-r] Deputy Mayor Melvin Walsh, Ron Delaney, Agnes Butler	Kathi Stacey Destination St. John's	Councillor Mercer Committee Chair	Betty Jerrett Bay Roberts Heritage Society
Mayor Glenn Littlejohn	Claudine Garland Executive Director BTTA

 

• FAM Tour - early summer 2007. A dinner was held at the SUF Lodge for the Destination St. John's FAM tour of the Baccalieu Trail to familiarize them with the Pigeon Inlet Project.
  

Destination St. John's - FAM Tour - SUF Lodge on Patterson Street

[l-r]Lloyd Kane(Chair of the BTTA),Linda Kane(Cupids 400), Ruth Murray, Agnes Butler, Ron Delaney	Councillor Mercer( dressed in period clothing) explains Project	Lloyd & Linda Kane (BTTA and Cupids 400), Harold Stanford (committee) and a representative from Destination St. John's
Gordon King (far right) Ascension Collegiate Music Director and two students)	Harold Stanford (dressed in period clothing) performs Ted Russell's Smokeroom on the Kile. (Right) Antique solid brass lantern from SUF Lodge

Historic Sites Around Town

In the beginning of the Pigeon Inlet Project, events will be held in historic locations around the municipality such as the SUF Lodge on Pattereson Street in Bay Roberts.