Norton's Cove Cards- The Outport Newfoundland Collection

Each Norton's Cove Card is created by hand by Janet right here at Norton's Cove Studio! This collection of designs are inspired by rural Newfoundland, including Janet's hometown.

4 X 6 inch card
'antique white' cotton fibre paper
original lino-cut print
with Kraft envelope
Available in a variety of ink colours, including rainbow rolls and solids

Dory

A traditional dory is a wooden vessel designed with a flat bottom and removable seats to create stackable boats that could be carried on the deck of the larger fishing schooners for the cod fishery taking place offshore.

Killick

A handmade anchor made of found objects: sticks and a heavy stone tied together with rope. There is a really great example of one on display at the Barbour Living Heritage Village in nearby Newtown.

Lighthouses

"During the past year the LightHouse at Puffin Island has been built of granite, the lantern, lenses and apparatus fixed and everything made ready for putting the light in operation on 1st March next, as notified by public advertisements. It may not be amiss to state that this is the first public building that has been constructed chiefly of Newfoundland materials - the granite was quarried on the spot, and the lumber and roofing slates supplied from Trinity and Green Bays." ~ Inspector John T. Neville, 1872

The Point Amour Lighthouse, the 2nd tallest in the country, stands on the south coast of Labrador. Dating to the 1850s, the Point Amour Light-station is a designated Provincial Historic Site.

Lobster

Lobsters are caught using baited traps placed on the bottom of the sea. Overall, lobster populations in Canada are healthy and sustainably managed… Sometimes growing to lengths of 60 cm and weighing over 18 kilograms, lobsters can grow to be among the largest marine crustaceans. They are also the longest-living crustaceans, capable of reaching ages of up to 50 years. Lobsters are active hunters, feeding on a variety of animals, including crab, shellfish, marine worms, starfish, sea urchins and fish. ~ Department of Fisheries & Oceans Canada

Newfoundland Pony

The Newfoundland Pony is known for its strength, courage, intelligence, obedience, and common sense. Newfoundland Ponies are hard workers and easy keepers and are a breed unique to this province. ~ newfoundlandpony.com

Old Paterson's Goat

This image is based on one of many goats cared for by the Paterson family in Amherst Cove. Mr. Paterson isn't an old man, but he is a grandfather, and I think it sounds better.

Puffins

The Atlantic puffin, also known as the common puffin, is a species of seabird in the auk family. ~Wikipedia

I had my first puffin sighting in my mid-40s. I was convinced to go looking for them after teams of visitors told me they were so adorable that I just had to see them. I did go to Elliston where there is a colony, and suggest you not miss out either! Although we have many different seabird species here locally, we don’t see puffins due to our landscape. ~Janet

Sainsbury's Store

Designed in June of 2016, this image is based on a storage building that used to sit on the grounds of the Wesleyville Marine Service Centre. It was owned by the Sainsbury family of Wesleyville and was still standing in the early 1990s.

Saltbox House

A traditional folk house type all over Newfoundland, the Salt Box style, named for its shape, which resembled the boxes used for shipping salt to Newfoundland, was one of the earliest forms of house construction. The Salt Box traditionally had a shorter steep roof line in front and a longer steep slope in back. The house, therefore, looked bigger from the front than it actually was. ~ Heritage Foundation of NL

Salt Fish

To me, salt fish is the Newfoundland icon. If there hadn’t been a salt fish trade, our ancestors wouldn’t have settled here as they did. Generations of local families caught, gutted, salted, and dried the fish on wooden platforms to preserve the meat and sell to foreign coastal markets before refridgeration was possible. ~Janet

Spring Ice

Spring in Newfoundland = ice in the form of icebergs and pack ice. The flowers and greenery don't show up until summer is almost here. I look forward to iceberg hunting every year! ~ Janet