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2, 1827 in Twillingate "to bring within the protection of civi¬ lization that neglected and persecuted tribe — the Red Indi¬ ans of Newfoundland [the Beothuk qv] and to obtain an his¬ torical account of the people and detailed information on their customs and language" (Royal Gazette: Nov. 13, 1827). Its membership, which included Cormack, who became the In¬ stitution's president, the British Secretary to the Admiralty, John Barrow, and the Church of English Bishop of Nova Sco¬ tia, John Inglis, wished to achieve its aims by making contact with the Beothuk and to this end sponsored a number of trips into the interior ofthe Island in search ofthe tribe. These trips failed to find any Beothuk but information on these people was obtained from the Beothuk Shawnawdithit qv when she was brought to St. John's under the patronage of the Institu¬ tion and stayed with Cormack in 1828 and 1829. Soon after, when it became apparent that the Beothuk were extinct or close to extinction, the society ceased its activities. W.E. Cormack (1828; 1928), J.P. Howley (1915), J.R. Thoms (1967e), DCB (IX), The Newfoundlander (Sept. 19, 1827; Dec. 19, 1827; Jan. 23, 1828; Feb. 13, 1828; Oct. 23, 1828, May 22, 1828; June 26, 1828), The Patriot and Terra Nova Herald (Oct. 20, 1S56), Royal Gazette (Nov. 13, 1827; Feb. 19, 1828; July 7, 1829; Oct. 21, 1829). CFH
BOG LAUREL. See LAURELS.
BOG MYRTLE. See SWEETGALE.
BOG ROSEMARY (Andromeda of Ericaceae). Native shrubs of New¬ foundland and Labrador. ^. glauco¬ phylla, the Bog Rosemary, also known in Newfoundland as Crystal- berry and Gold-Withy, and^. poH- folia, known as the Northem Bog Rosemary, are low shrubs with evergreen, leathery leaves which are alternate on the stem and linear in
shape. The leaves of A. glauco- " Bog Rosemary
phylla roll under at the edges, are bluish-green on the upper- surface, and have close, fine hairs on the undersurface mak¬ ing the leaves whitish below. They are usually between 1.4 and 3 cm (.6 and 1.2 in) long; the midrib is depressed on the upper surface and quite prominent below. The leaves of ^. polifolia ressemble those of the Crystal-berry, but are often somewhat shorter and have no hairs on the undersurface; the undersurface is, however, glaucous. Their flowers, which bloom in June and July, are arranged in clusters of three to eight flowers each at the ends of the stems. They are small, pink or white with pinkish fringes, and um-shaped. They have ten stamens and the corollas have five lobes. The fruit of these shrubs are small brownish capsules shaped somewhat like miniature turbans. The Crystal-berry occurs in wet areas, such as fens, boggy barrens and bogs in both Newfoundland and Labrador. The Northem Bog Rosemary grows in bogs and other wet places in Labrador. H.A. Gleason (1952, III), Asa Gray (1950), Emest Rouleau (1978), A.G. Ryan (1978), H.J. Scoggan (1979, part 4), P.J. Scott (1973; 1977), Agnes Marion Ayre Herbarium Location Lists (File 296). CFH
BOGLAND. See GEOGRAPHY.
BOLT, REV. CANON GEORGE HENRY (1863-1947). Clergyman. Bom St. John's. Educated University of Dur¬ ham, England; King's CoUege, Nova Scotia. Bolt was or¬ dained by the Church of England in 1891, and after retuming
Canon Bolt
BEOTHUK INSTITUTION, BONAVISTA 213
to Newfoundland he worked with the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel at Lamaline and in^ther districts. He was Canon of the Church of England Cathedral from 1911 to 1935, and was the President of the Canadian Bible Society, Aux¬ Uiary to the British and Foreign Bible Society, from 1916 to 1943. He served as Episcopal Commissary and Diocesan Registrar for the Church of England and also on the Council of Queen's Col¬ lege. In 1921 he was made a Doctor of Civil Law at King's College, Nova Scotia, and later in the 1920s an Honorary Life Govemor of the Canadian Bible Society. In 1923 he pub¬ lished The Codner Centenary, a history of the Colonial and Continental Church Society. In the 1930s Bolt was made an Honorary Life Governor of the British and Foreign Bible So¬ ciety (England). He died on May 25, 1947. Derek HounseU (n.d.), E ofC: N, NQ (July 1911), Who's Who in and from Newfoundland (1937?). DPJ
BOLT, DR. WILLIAM (1893-1971). Physician. Bom St. John's, Newfoundland. Son of the Reverend Canon George H. Boh, qv. Educated Bishop FeUd College, St. John's; Dur¬ ham University, England. William Bolt received his M.D. and CM. in 1921 from McGiU University. After an intem- ship in Montreal hospitals he served as resident pathologist in Winnipeg General Hospital, Assistant Physician at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, and Pathologist at the General Hos¬ pital in Regina, Saskatchewan. His post-graduate work was in pathology at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.
In 1926 Bolt joined the New York Life Insurance Company as a member of the Medical Board and was appointed Medical Supervisor in 1927. He became Assistant Medical Director in 1930, Medical Director in 1934 and was Chief Medical Direc¬ tor from 1945 to 1959. Bolt was a member of various medical committees and several times held executive positions. He died in New York City on December 3, 1971. WilHam Bolt (letter, Oct. 12, 1961), A^^w York Times (Dec. 4, 1971). DPJ
BOLSTER'S ROCK (pop. 1935, 43). Also called Boulter's Rock. An abandoned settiement used as a summer fishing sta¬ tion located on a small island in the mouth of an inlet just north of Hawke Harbour in southem Labrador. In 1856 Bol¬ ster's Rock had a population of twenty-one; this number slowly increased to a high of forty-nine in 1945. In 1901, for example, of the forty-two residents (in five famUies) only two were bom in Newfoundland and all the rest were originally from other "British Colonies," most likely Canada. AU of working age were engaged in the fishery and the children, too distant from such facilities, could not attend school. AU were of the Church of England faith. By 1945 there seem to have been no longer permanent residents in Bolster's Rock but in the summer of 1965, according to A.P. Dyke, thirteen people (eleven of them fishermen) from Conception Bay used the safe and sheltered harbour and two wharves. A.P. Dyke (1969), Census (1856-1976). RDP
BONAVENTURE. See NEW BONAVENTURE; OLD BON¬ AVENTURE.
BONAVISTA (inc. 1964; pop. 1976, 4299). Located on the northeastem tip of the Bonavista peninsula, the municipality of Bonavista is one of the oldest towns on the northeast coast
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| Transcript | 2, 1827 in Twillingate "to bring within the protection of civi¬ lization that neglected and persecuted tribe — the Red Indi¬ ans of Newfoundland [the Beothuk qv] and to obtain an his¬ torical account of the people and detailed information on their customs and language" (Royal Gazette: Nov. 13, 1827). Its membership, which included Cormack, who became the In¬ stitution's president, the British Secretary to the Admiralty, John Barrow, and the Church of English Bishop of Nova Sco¬ tia, John Inglis, wished to achieve its aims by making contact with the Beothuk and to this end sponsored a number of trips into the interior ofthe Island in search ofthe tribe. These trips failed to find any Beothuk but information on these people was obtained from the Beothuk Shawnawdithit qv when she was brought to St. John's under the patronage of the Institu¬ tion and stayed with Cormack in 1828 and 1829. Soon after, when it became apparent that the Beothuk were extinct or close to extinction, the society ceased its activities. W.E. Cormack (1828; 1928), J.P. Howley (1915), J.R. Thoms (1967e), DCB (IX), The Newfoundlander (Sept. 19, 1827; Dec. 19, 1827; Jan. 23, 1828; Feb. 13, 1828; Oct. 23, 1828, May 22, 1828; June 26, 1828), The Patriot and Terra Nova Herald (Oct. 20, 1S56), Royal Gazette (Nov. 13, 1827; Feb. 19, 1828; July 7, 1829; Oct. 21, 1829). CFH BOG LAUREL. See LAURELS. BOG MYRTLE. See SWEETGALE. BOG ROSEMARY (Andromeda of Ericaceae). Native shrubs of New¬ foundland and Labrador. ^. glauco¬ phylla, the Bog Rosemary, also known in Newfoundland as Crystal- berry and Gold-Withy, and^. poH- folia, known as the Northem Bog Rosemary, are low shrubs with evergreen, leathery leaves which are alternate on the stem and linear in shape. The leaves of A. glauco- " Bog Rosemary phylla roll under at the edges, are bluish-green on the upper- surface, and have close, fine hairs on the undersurface mak¬ ing the leaves whitish below. They are usually between 1.4 and 3 cm (.6 and 1.2 in) long; the midrib is depressed on the upper surface and quite prominent below. The leaves of ^. polifolia ressemble those of the Crystal-berry, but are often somewhat shorter and have no hairs on the undersurface; the undersurface is, however, glaucous. Their flowers, which bloom in June and July, are arranged in clusters of three to eight flowers each at the ends of the stems. They are small, pink or white with pinkish fringes, and um-shaped. They have ten stamens and the corollas have five lobes. The fruit of these shrubs are small brownish capsules shaped somewhat like miniature turbans. The Crystal-berry occurs in wet areas, such as fens, boggy barrens and bogs in both Newfoundland and Labrador. The Northem Bog Rosemary grows in bogs and other wet places in Labrador. H.A. Gleason (1952, III), Asa Gray (1950), Emest Rouleau (1978), A.G. Ryan (1978), H.J. Scoggan (1979, part 4), P.J. Scott (1973; 1977), Agnes Marion Ayre Herbarium Location Lists (File 296). CFH BOGLAND. See GEOGRAPHY. BOLT, REV. CANON GEORGE HENRY (1863-1947). Clergyman. Bom St. John's. Educated University of Dur¬ ham, England; King's CoUege, Nova Scotia. Bolt was or¬ dained by the Church of England in 1891, and after retuming Canon Bolt BEOTHUK INSTITUTION, BONAVISTA 213 to Newfoundland he worked with the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel at Lamaline and in^ther districts. He was Canon of the Church of England Cathedral from 1911 to 1935, and was the President of the Canadian Bible Society, Aux¬ Uiary to the British and Foreign Bible Society, from 1916 to 1943. He served as Episcopal Commissary and Diocesan Registrar for the Church of England and also on the Council of Queen's Col¬ lege. In 1921 he was made a Doctor of Civil Law at King's College, Nova Scotia, and later in the 1920s an Honorary Life Govemor of the Canadian Bible Society. In 1923 he pub¬ lished The Codner Centenary, a history of the Colonial and Continental Church Society. In the 1930s Bolt was made an Honorary Life Governor of the British and Foreign Bible So¬ ciety (England). He died on May 25, 1947. Derek HounseU (n.d.), E ofC: N, NQ (July 1911), Who's Who in and from Newfoundland (1937?). DPJ BOLT, DR. WILLIAM (1893-1971). Physician. Bom St. John's, Newfoundland. Son of the Reverend Canon George H. Boh, qv. Educated Bishop FeUd College, St. John's; Dur¬ ham University, England. William Bolt received his M.D. and CM. in 1921 from McGiU University. After an intem- ship in Montreal hospitals he served as resident pathologist in Winnipeg General Hospital, Assistant Physician at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, and Pathologist at the General Hos¬ pital in Regina, Saskatchewan. His post-graduate work was in pathology at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. In 1926 Bolt joined the New York Life Insurance Company as a member of the Medical Board and was appointed Medical Supervisor in 1927. He became Assistant Medical Director in 1930, Medical Director in 1934 and was Chief Medical Direc¬ tor from 1945 to 1959. Bolt was a member of various medical committees and several times held executive positions. He died in New York City on December 3, 1971. WilHam Bolt (letter, Oct. 12, 1961), A^^w York Times (Dec. 4, 1971). DPJ BOLSTER'S ROCK (pop. 1935, 43). Also called Boulter's Rock. An abandoned settiement used as a summer fishing sta¬ tion located on a small island in the mouth of an inlet just north of Hawke Harbour in southem Labrador. In 1856 Bol¬ ster's Rock had a population of twenty-one; this number slowly increased to a high of forty-nine in 1945. In 1901, for example, of the forty-two residents (in five famUies) only two were bom in Newfoundland and all the rest were originally from other "British Colonies," most likely Canada. AU of working age were engaged in the fishery and the children, too distant from such facilities, could not attend school. AU were of the Church of England faith. By 1945 there seem to have been no longer permanent residents in Bolster's Rock but in the summer of 1965, according to A.P. Dyke, thirteen people (eleven of them fishermen) from Conception Bay used the safe and sheltered harbour and two wharves. A.P. Dyke (1969), Census (1856-1976). RDP BONAVENTURE. See NEW BONAVENTURE; OLD BON¬ AVENTURE. BONAVISTA (inc. 1964; pop. 1976, 4299). Located on the northeastem tip of the Bonavista peninsula, the municipality of Bonavista is one of the oldest towns on the northeast coast |
