The Growth of a Region: St. Laurant

[granto93 4]

Welcome to another one of my City Journals! yes, another one...deal with it Ive been working for weeks planning a new region to the last detail to showcase to you guys but today i came to a realization. it was more of a struggle then what its worth. I then decided to take a different approach and and show you the growth of a town from humble beginnings to traffic jams and sprawl. This will be exciting for me because i havent ever done a CJ this way before. Hopefully you will enjoy reading it as much as i enjoy building it! Just please be nice, im not a good story writer and im not the biggest history person so there will be a few historical hiccups here and there. now, enough of that....lets get this thing going!

September 4, 1901

Our story begins in Bristol, England. French Sea Captain Camille-Francois Berteau and his crew are preparing for a regular Transatlantic crossing to New York City. Their ship, the freighter Ethie is carrying a load of food products and tobacco to the United States and Canada. They are taking the safe route across the Atlantic so in case of storms they can moor at either [fictional] Saint Laurant Island or Newfoundland.

Berteau's Route

It is September 4th when the Ethie leaves Bristol. Ice Berg season is ending in the North Atlantic so its full steam ahead. Life aboard ships is very difficult, you are expected to do your best job no matter the time or sea state so fatigue becomes a factor later in journeys.

Captain Camille-Francois Berteau

September 10, 1901

The tired crew of the SS Ethie spot land on the starboard side. They are just past the mid point of the Atlantic between Ireland and Newfoundland. The land they see is St.Laurant Island. Captain Berteau sees storm clouds in the distance and decides to play it safe and moor in a large bay on the island Berteau knows as Port aux Choix. The Port of Choice. St.Laurant is a small uninhabited island, with only seasonal residents during the fishing season. Port aux Choix is what you would call a perfect harbour, large, sheletered, and deep. It is made up of two unnamed coves. Navigational hazards are at a minimum with only Flagstaff Island at the mouth of the bay and a few rocks near shore. However, on this evening conditions are not the best. It is a typical foggy Atlantic day and the seas are high as there is a fast approaching storm.

Captain Berteau manouvers the Ethie into the large bay. The crew plans to go ashore for the night to salmon fish in the Eagle River and set up camp. Berteau is about to give the instruction to drop anchor when---CREEAAAAAK. The ship comes to a grinding halt. Something has gone terribly wrong. Captain Berteau looks over the side only to see they have some too close to shore and run aground on the rocks. The Ehtie is taking on water in its cargo holds. the crew rushes provisions onto lifeboats and hightails it to shore, leaving their once proud vessel.

The Next Morning

The crew of the Ethie wake up cold and stranded on an uninhabited island in the Mid Atlantic. They have no contact with the outside world as their telegraph was lost at sea, eliminating their chances of contacting the Marconi Station in St.John's. It is a chilly September morning so Berteau and his crew sail out to the grounded Ethie to gather materials for a temporary cabin. There are only three women aboard the vessel so they get to work collecting berries and salmon fishing. If there are any positives about the situation, it is that the Eagle River Valley has some of the most lush, livable land on the island with plenty of wild plants and animals. Fishing season has just ended on the St.Laurant so it will be a long stay for the crew.

Wildlife Abound

The Beautiful Eagle River

Berteau's first development at Port aux Choix

A new settlement has been founded by the crew of the Ethie. Watch out for the next update as the discoveries continue

Grant

[Craig91 12]

Looks very nice, a great start

[rippedinpink 0]

yay, another City Journal. good luck with it m8.

why does your simcity 4 look different than others, or is that an earlier version of simcity?

[nihonkaranws 88]

He has modds that change it. What's up, why can't I see your username?

[Schulmanator 5,787]

Awesome! Glad to see you back in the CJs and with something cool to show us.

[dfnva 34]

Looks nice what with the trees and ploppable water. Interesting background info too. So will this follow everything from 1901 to present day?

-Dan

[Hawkeye9 0]

Nice start, cant wait to see more!!!!

[supercity124 8]

I can't wait for this city to become large and modern city in the present day!!!!!!!

[sEAhAwk fAn121 0]

Great new CJ Grant! I love the story and the nature shots!

Keep it up!

[Amerikaner 42]

UGH NOT ANOTHER ONE OF THESE!!

So nice to see you back in action again, I look forward to watching this city mold itself into something h.a.u.t.e.!

[asturianu 4]

Cool! Really cool! That is just what I meant when I said that a realistic story would be great! It sounds so history book and that little home (first building in the island) looks cool there next to the river. I love the natural pics.

Good work my friend, and I can't wait the 80s and 90s to come lol. Will be interesting to see how the decades come and go

Cristian

[fabsies55 5]

awesome textures. would be good to see some more plus some development.

[suplado! 23]

wow -- very nice nature pics!! and a very cool background story...

[art128 4,618]

very nice start !! excellent nature pics

looking foward to the next update

[penguin007 27]

Good to see you back!!! Nice start and an interesting storyline there

Wil

[granto93 4]

October 9th, 1901

It has been a busy month for the crew of the Ethie. All 18 men have been hard at work laying out roads through the new found village so they could easily get around on their horses. They also built a new wharf for the community along with a blacksmith and storage shed for the salvaged valuables off the ship. Since landing, the three women aboard the ship have gotten married to crewmembers and the familes felt it was nessescery to build their own homes. The wealthy officers aboard the Ehtie also built their own cottages. Port aux Choix is starting to look more like a town then a shipwreck site!

Village of Port aux Choix, October 1901

A Closer View

The Wreck of the Ethie lay on "Mistaken Shoal" scrapped and rusting

Storage Shed and Blacksmith

One man had a very special job in the village. Crewmember Thomas O'Neil better known as "Ireland Tommy" had some significant experience in agriculture after working on an Irish farm before persuing his seafaring career. Thomas took it upon himself to set up a small farm in the Eagle River Valley to supply fresh produce to the village so everybody could stay relatively happy and healthy. Growing vegetables on St.Laurant was sometimes very difficult due to the unpredictable weather conditions so he had to work his hardest day and night to monitor his crops. It is October 9th and the harvest season is about to end so his small gathering will have to do for the winter.

Thomas P. O'Neil's Farm, the first agricultural development on St. Laurant

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CraigKingofIreland: thanks!

 : thanks alot! and yeah, i have terrain and water mods etc. you can get them from the STEX and other SC4 websited

nihonkaranws: thanks for visiting

Schulmanator: yeah! its good to be back thanks for stopping by

dfnva: yep! it will start with the discovery and it will eventually grow into...well you will find out what it will grow into

hawkeye9: thanks!

supercity124: glad to have you aboard!

Clint: thanks ya! dont worry, i AM sticking with it this time

Amerikaner: relax, it wont take long for it to grow thanks for stopping in. its good to be back CJing!

Cristian: YAY! good to see you stop in thanks man! realism is what im going for here...well to a certain extent anyway. We will see what the 80's and 90's will bring!

fabsies55: thanks...and yes development is coming!

Suplado!: thanks for the comment

art128: thank you!

penguin007: hey man! thanks. its good to be back! glad you like the story.

And yeah, i know updating two days in a row is probably not a good habit to get into but i had this prepared yesterday so i figured i may as well get it out of the way. Next update will probably come later on this week or next weekend! hope you enjoyed.

[penguin007 27]

Awesome storyline still I love the wreck!!! and the village is looking interesting also

Will

[sEAhAwk fAn121 0]

Awesome storyline!

Keep it up Grant....o.

[Craig-Abcvs 1,595]

The NAM dirt roads work really well for this.

Try using a low powered valley tool to make the river bed, and then lay single road tiles to flatten it out and then the ploppable water.  Rocks, trees and logs are very useful to dress the edges and also hide anything that you don't want people to see.

I wonder when they will get around to building their first lighthouse ....  cough. 
 
PEG Bean Rock Lighthouse   

[Dsrwhat316 12]

This is looking good, my friend. Is this CJ going to outline the region's growth from 1900s to the present? If so, that is an awesome concept and I'd like to see how you pull it off!

~ Dan

[GreekMan 246]

The growth of a town?!?

granto comes back once again! look out

This will turn out to be a great CJ!

[AndCar 1]

Hey... I like your pictures  so far. I really like it, Great job!!

[roboo1 1]

Great story! and I like your rusty ship

[jacqulina 162]

very nice start and intro my friend,great first pics

[art128 4,618]

very nice update !!

[asturianu 4]

Hey Grant! I love this new update! I see how that settlement is getting the look of a town! And thanks to Thomas O'Neil you have some agriculture products I love the storyline since the crew of a ship had to become pioners on an unknown island and start a town. That is very interesting. Now we only need some fishers and all that stuff hehe

Good work my friend, the rsty ship is a great detail!

Cristian

[Hawkeye9 0]

Nice development!!!!

I can tell this cj is going to be great!!!!!

looking forward to more!!!!

[Craig-Abcvs 1,595]

So erm....

How is my lighthouse coming? 

[flyinbird93 2]

these cj's are always fun, look forward to seeing your shipwreck grow! i tried to do this style once but i lost grip of my region before i could get it fully off the ground.

[edmonton_stinks 5]

Good start! I see we now have another turn-of-the-century CJ going.