Historical Sites
                 In a small community like Patrick's Cove, suprisingly there
                            are a large number of historical sites:
                        "The Tobacco hole"
                 Many years ago, a large schooner was sailing between
                            Patrick's Cove and Gooseberry Cove. Unfortunately, this
                            boat was caught in a fierce storm and within a few hours the
                            boat was crashing into the cliffs.  Surprisingly, this boat was
                            filled with nothing other than tobacco. Ever since this
                            tragedy , this particular area  is known as the "Tobacco
                            Hole".
 
                              Indian Head
                 While driving down over Billy's Hill as we like to call it, just
                            before you come to the bridge, as you look up the brook you
                            can see a cliff.  This is by no means an ordinary cliff,
                            because this one is shaped like an  Indian's head.  This is
                            where the residents of Patrick's Cove came up with the
                            name "Indian Head".
 

 
 
 
                                     Point
                            Down near the salt water there is the well known point.
                            Many years ago during a fierce storm, a ship crashed upon
                            the point and all lives were lost.   Nobody knows who but
                            somebody buried two bodies on the point.  A white,
                            wooden cross marks the graves today.
  
 
                                 Gull Pond
                            For many years - no one really knows for sure how many-
                            stories of airplane  wreckages at the Gull Pond have been
                            told in the different  communities of the Cape Shore.  More
                            recently,  speculation that the plane  in the  pond  might be
                            the location of the White Bird of  vanished  French
                            TransAtlantic  aviators Charles Nungesser and Francois Coli
                            has led to an archeological search for whatever may remain
                            of the plane.  The story has attracted  international media
                            attention and , understandbly, there has been some
                            confusion and a great deal of  rumor about what's going on.
                            It is the belief that the people of the Cape Shore are entitled
                            to get the facts directly from the people doing the searching.
                            As most Newfoundlanders know,  the first  nonstop flight
                            across the Atlantic was made by Alcock and Brown who in,
                            1919, took off from St.John's and landed 1,700 miles later
                            in an  Irish bog.  The challenge in 1927 was not merely to
                            fly the Atlantic, but to rejoin the cities of Paris and  New
                            York by air.  Early on the morning of May 8th the French
                            fliers embarked on their attempt to make that 3,700 mile
                            journey only to vanish without a trace.  Wherever the White
                            Bird ended  up it certainly was not New York.  Today we
                            are led to believe that the plane had, in fact, gone down in
                            the Gull Pond located in Patrick's Cove.  There has been
                            parts of the White Bird found in different locations
                            throughout  the pond.