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One of small’s key areas of focus is Newfoundland’s outport communities.
These isolated fishing villages have struggled with population decline and
job insecurity since the 1992 cod moratorium. On Bell Island, Newfoundland,
we mapped the impact of the robust mining history – and mine closure – on
the community. This mining history is celebrated at the Bell Island Mine
Museum, where the small team constructed a new walkway and seating
area using the iron ore tailings which still dominate the landscape of the
island. As a first stage to a larger renovation project at the Museum, the
new entryway to the site illustrates how much of the island’s infrastructure
was literally built on the mine’s activities.

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