Placentia, ca. 1780 Placentia became a largely Irish community
after the French surrendered it to Great Britain in 1713. By
1729, 80 per cent of its population was of Irish origin. From
the logbook of H.M.S. Pegasus, 1786. Drawing by J.S.Meres.
Courtesy of the National Archives of Canada (NAC/C 2521).