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A trip back in time to the remote coastal community: A Land & Sea archival special

Join reporter Paul Harrington in this episode from 1984.

Francois, a tiny community on the south coast of Newfoundland, is not an easy place to visit. 

East of Burgeo, west of McCallum, the village is home to just a few dozen people now — and it was never a booming metropolis. 

In 1984, reporter Paul Harrington hitched a ride for Land & Sea to the coastal community, which then as now welcomes visitors largely by boat. 

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