A helicopter leaves Woody Island to take a patient to the hospital in St. John's in 1957. In the case of an emergency, a helicopter would be sent for.

	In the 1960's resettlement hit Woody Island. Some of the people who moved from the island chose to take their houses with them, by floating them to the mainland part of Newfoundland.

Approximately once a month, a doctor would visit ports in Placentia Bay on the M.V. Lady Anderson, left. At right is the M.V. Clarenville.

To the right we see two activities typical of different seasons on Woody Island. To cool off in the summer, ice cream was made manually. In the winter time, skating was a popular activity.

Here's two more scenes of life in the past. To the left, a group leaves Swift Current heading for Woody Island. To the right we see Lilly Williams tending her cows on Woody Island.

Arch and Dora Stacey with their grandchildren, Marjorie Jean and Willis Raymond. Arch and Dora's headstones can be viewed at the cemetary on Woody Island. This picture was taken in 1938.

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