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The Town of Clarenville is reconized as a Canada Goose Sanctuary. The Canada Goose arrived in this area in 1922. Mr. Clyde Tuck of Shoal Harbour brought home two tame Geese and a wild one. In 1924, he took four eggs from a wild Goose nest on the Shoal Harbour country. These eggs set under a hen and hatch three young. Years later he took four young from Pitts Pond. At that time he clipped their |
wings and kept them inside during the winter months. Later he took five young from Lake O Brain country near Notre Dame Junction. These Geese nested in Shoal Harbour River. Their nests were torn up by dogs and several were shot. So Mr. Tuck built pens near his home and kept them there for a few years. The Geese became tame and Mr. Tuck tried to make arrangements with the Game Warden to keep them. But this was against the law. In the winter of 1947 he let the Geese go and from that winter on, they stayed outside.
After confederation in 1949 Mr. Tuck had to get a permit from Ottawa to look after the Geese. These Geese gradually migrated to this area of the lower Shoal Harbour River basin. For many years the Geese were feed by Mr. Jimmy Pearce who could be seen walking out on the ice to hand feed them. It was noted that the one way he could get close to them was by wearing the same colour coat.
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| The Canada Goose can be seen in great numbers in this area each year during the Spring and Fall. There are many places along our shoreline to stop a take a look at these birds. Located on Cormack Drive and the Shoal Harbour Causeway walking trail is a Lookout with interpretation signs about the Canada Goose and other birds. |
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