Abandoned Newfoundland village so secret only a few can actually visit.

[@CorrMyst]

My Family Is Actually From Petites, My Mom And Nan Grew Up There Until They Were Forced To Leave. We Go To Visit Every Summer And I Love The Stories They Tell Me About The Place In Its Prime. Its Still Super Beautiful To Visit Even With The Age And Wildlife Taking It Over, If Ever Given The Chance To See It For Yourself GO!!!!

[@messymason1984]

My Father grew up there. He was adopted by a couple. His mom died early and his father couldn’t keep him. I spent the summer there with my family when I was 9(?). That was 47 years ago. I didn’t even know her first name. She was just Nanny Courtney.

[@battlehrfred]

Did ye viewers notice this man.Austin, calling this place "home" I bet for sure his BEST memories is of this little,but still a beautiful settlement with character and uniqueness. in his heart an soul. Care free and great memories,it wasnt that simple and with the addition of big family,it was good memories,but hard times . but you can definitely tell he is "at home there". listen to his voice @ 1:29 .God Bless him for getting back in boat and getting (home) as much as he can!

[@bettynewhouse5150]

i have followed the restoration of the church for the last few years. Wonderful to see this on the weather network.

[@kkhackett]

A gem of a place.

[@jasongreene754]

GOD BLESS NEWFOUNDLAND I LOVE EVERY SINGLE NEWFOUNDLANDER MY HOME

[@x.Itzlauren101x]

SAME!!

[@dariens1168]

YEP!

[@puirYorick]

Vandalism is an especially stupid crime.

[@jaapongeveer6203]

I kayaked from Rose Blanche to Burgeo a while ago going by Petites. Wished I had stopped in there on my way along.

[@rodlyver8081]

great story!!! I was there in the 90's...

[@lolopololoca]

Why must people vandalize property, even as a kid I didn't have the urge to trash things for no reason.

[@kirknorthof5128]

Beautiful

[@Ryan98063]

There's nothing secret about the 700 resettled towns in Newfoundland. Grand Bruit next door packed up in 2011.

[@thefidgetspinner2007]

A few tiny islands near the south coast resettled New Years 2020

[@sandramiller9168]

And such a beautiful place!

[@excalibrrimcold9354]

La Poile is all that is left there. Between the two resettled communities.

[@cononodapotato6920]

my grandpa grew up in Richard's Harbour several dozen kilometers east of there. it was abandoned far earlier however, seemed to be in the mid 60s from what little information i could gather about the place.

[@Charmeze]

How can I get ahold of this fella? My family from rose blanche, I'm young and love history and want to travel round to see my old family grave sites, going there would be ontop of my list, I'm going next summer and was planning to find a way over to petits myself

[@sandramiller9168]

Nobody can understand the beauty of growing up in such a small isolated place and the freedom! Just very difficult to make a living especially with the moratorium on fishing for a living! Killed small communities such as this!

[@CodiakWisergreen]

Good thing you've posted it on the weather network! What a secret.

[@supercooled]

This is about the only home I could probably afford.

[@supercooled]

Black Magik do tell. I know a popular place where they apparently pay you to live is Alaska but that’s not exactly enticing for many. For varied reasons it isn’t the most ideal place.

[@MikeNevill3]

I'd love to go there. I live in Mt pearl

[@The66Leadfoot]

Grandma grew up downshore in Muddy Hole, long ago resettled.

[@cononodapotato6920]

similar story here, but with Richard's Harbour. also, what a name that is.

[@mudslynger2109]

Just imagine the winter...

[@Ryan98063]

Not as much snow as you think, its mostly rain on the southwest coast

[@bettynewhouse5150]

i believe the Petite's church is the oldest methodist church in Canada something like that

[@jonathanwhite460]

fascinated by gentleman's accent,sounded like Devonshire, UK. I know a lot of Devon people including my own family migrated to and fro between Devon and Newfoundland.

[@antikz3731]

Newfoundland English is Original British English, Irish and American English mixed together.

[@bismarkaguilar8141]

Nice video

[@kasnitch]

Jaysus they don't call it the rock for nothin'

[@manuelkeats296]

And still we have a forest industry...go figure.

[@Roadtripmik]

Petities is actually the closest town to the road, there are more isolated places

[@MikeNevill3]

So kids . No vandalism. I see some ugly sad stuff this summer over Newfoundland

[@webwhisper2701]

drugs…also immigrants/newcomers

[@gailjohnston9253]

Was it a fishing community?

[@lloydbrown9327]

Yes it was.

[@eduardosampoia5480]

It's not secret anymore.

[@ngocha1471]

the sound is not good I am quite disappointed

[@plant.hacks.4.ur.environment]

looks like somewhere in scandinavia

[@debrap947]

Hey Austin...we are distant cousins! How the heck do I get hold of you?

[@garychynne1377]

this is sickening.

[@cononodapotato6920]

iirc, at least 90% of residents must accept the decision to resettle before it commences (it used to be 100%). it might sound sad, and it sometimes is, but these resettlements are almost always voluntary.

[@Gavinkeenan1]

Guys got a Irish influence on his accent

[@barbarapineda5730]

Where is this places. It nothing but small huts.

[@jaapongeveer6203]

Did you watch the video? It explains it pretty clearly.

[@dmmchugh3714]

Where is this town ?

[@sprucesoldier]

DM McHugh did you watch the video?

[@dmmchugh3714]

@@sprucesoldier : no , dude the suspense is killing me, I need to know first !

[@randykeeping2661]

Petites, about a 10 minute boat ride from Rose Blanche on the south west coast of Newfoundland

[@zeekyboi123]

So did anybody understand what he said ?

[@Qrayon]

Parts of it.

[@rodlyver8081]

every bit!!!

[@Dirts]

When you live around it your whole life it gets easy to understand

[@justinfagan3511]

Understood every word!

[@nervousfromnewfoundland-sp4337]

I'm from Rose Blanche so yes I understood all of it

[@dorisleyba5962]

It is not empty, and ppl were offered close to a million, to move, but they did not sell the land or homes, question is WHY? is it already owned by the indigenous, is the government doing something they dont want others to witness, so far the vid mentions weather concerns, my first thought is H.A.A.R.P. experiments 🤔 or after affects, hmmm?

[@valerierodger]

OMFG No, they were not offered “close to a million” - it was $270k Why? Because it is extremely expensive to provide government services to so many tiny, scattered communities in that terrain - much less expensive to offer them financial incentives to move to larger, more easily serviced communities. Sorry to disappoint the conspiracy theorists

[@stephenswistchew7720]

I know where a secret village is it’s so secret I can’t tell you because it’s a secret

[@Cruze7777]

Depression = Canada

[@juliansmith4295]

moronic = you