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Rodrigues'
Markland Cottage Winery
Markland,
just beyond Whitbourne on Route 81, is an small inland community. It is approximately 50 miles west of St. John’s. Markland was established in 1934 as a farming community as part of a plan by the Commission of Government to create a number of farming communities. While the settlers cleared land, and built houses and public buildings such as a school, the government provided provisions, tools and construction material. The name Markland was chosen from the word for “forest land” in the Norse sagas.
Markland Cottage
Hospital Registered Heritage Structure
Photo: Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage Foundation
The Markland Cottage Hospital was established in 1935 as part of the Markland farming community. While the hoslital was in operation, it had a twelve bed capacity and offered services in internal medicine, minor surgery and pediatrics, as well as operating dietary, laboratory and X-ray facilities. It had a staff of forty and served an area of 20,000 people. It was phased out in the early 1980s and by 1985. It was closed when a new clinic was established at nearby Whitbourne.
Rodrigues Winery
Founded in 1993 as Markland Cottage Winery, the Rodrigues Winery is Newfoundland's first winery and has continued to grow in both capacity and in the variety of wines produced from wild berries and pesticide-free fruit to become Canada's largest exclusively fruit winery.
The Winery offers guided tours, wine tasting, and a wine shop.
Rodrigues Winery, located in Markland, first opened in 1993. In Newfoundland and Labrador, the Rodrigues Exotique Wine selection is found at the Newfoundland Liquor Corporation stores and Agency stores throughout the province. Winery tours, Wine tasting, and the wine shoppe, La Cave, are year around services. Contact: Lionel Rodrigues PO Box 98 Whitbourne, NL A0B 3K0 Tel (709) 759-3003 Fax: (709) 759- 2086 Web Site: www.rodrigueswinery.com
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