fort mcmurry

newfoundland has a long history of out-migration. there has never been enough work for everyone and joblessness became a crisis in the early '90's when the cod fishery was shut down. over the past decade or more, the oil fields at fort mcmurry, alberta was the destination for many and now that community has the 2nd largest population of newfoundlanders outside of st. john's.

so no surprise yesterday when i got an email from jackie in fort mcmurry who had seen my etsy shop and wanted to place a wholesale order of baby blankets and bibs for her newfoundland shop.