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Vessels at Wareham's wharf, Harbour Buffett, Placentia Bay, Newfoundland

Photo Title: Vessels at Wareham's wharf, Harbour Buffett, Placentia Bay, Newfoundland
Description: "Invasion" and "Eileen C. Macdonald" at Harbour Buffett, Newfoundland.
Image No.: PF-319.018
Image Location: PF319/pf319_018.jpg
Date of Creation: Original created ca. 1960. Digitized 2004.
Physical Description: 1 digital photograph : b&w
Biography/Admin History: W.W. Wareham (1881-1961) owned and operated a fish and fishery supply business at Harbour Buffett, on Long Island, Placentia Bay from 1922 to 1967. The business was purchased by Wilfred William Wareham of Haystack, in 1922, from Thomas Wakely. It was originally established circa 1812 by Thomas Hann, an English merchant who came to Placentia to act as a supplier for the fishery. In 1890 Hann went bankrupt and another English fish merchant, G.C. Fearn, bought the operation. Fearn expanded the business by establishing a lobster factory at Harbour Buffett. In 1909, Percy Fearn (G.C's son) became manager and after three years the business was sold again. Thomas Wakely, the new owner, had come from England a few years earlier and set up a business in the nearby community of Haystack, Long Island. After he purchased the Harbour Buffett premises from Fearn, in 1912, he sent his son Isaac there to manage it. Wakely operated the establishment for ten years, until it was sold to Wilfred William Wareham. The business operated successfully in Harbour Buffett until resettlement forced it to close in 1967. "Eileen C. MacDonald" - Built at Shelburne, Nova Scotia in 1941, schooner, 148 gross tons, official number 170668, registered at St. John's, Newfoundland and owned by W.W. Wareham Limited, Harbour Buffett, Placentia Bay in 1959. Burnt at the wharf at St. Kyran's, Placentia Bay on 23 November, 1966. During its forty-five year history, W. W. Wareham & Sons Ltd. Operated mainly as fish merchants, buying fish and supplying fishermen with fishing gear and provisions. They operated bankers in the fishery but did not own any foreign going vessels. Wareham was a member of the Newfoundland Associated Fish Exporters Limited (NAFEL), and was involved in the salt fish industry, buying fish from the other communities in the area, and selling through the central agency. As well as the operation at Harbour Buffett where the fish was collected and dried, Wareham's operated a branch at North Harbour, Placentia Bay, managed by Don Slade, and an office in St. John's managed by Harry Wareham. Other sons of W.W. Wareham, Leeland and Fred, managed the headquarters at Harbour Buffett.
Source Donor: Roy Wareham (private collection)
Collection Title: Harbour Buffett Digital Photograph Collection
Restrictions on Access: Copyright held by the Maritime History Archive. No image from the fonds may be reproduced for research or publication without permission from the archivist.
Copyright: c-mha
Subjects: W.W. Wareham & Sons Ltd. / Harbour Buffett (N.L.) / Invasion (Motor vessel) / Eileen C. Macdonald (Motor vessel).



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