Fogo Island:

This week on 60 Minutes, correspondent Jon Wertheim takes viewers to Fogo Island, a distant island off the northeast coast of Newfoundland and Labrador in Canada. About 90 sq. miles of scattered fishing villages, the island is simply barely bigger than Des Moines, Iowa in dimension. However its allure conjures one other comparability.

“It is like Maine on quantity 11, nearly indescribably quaint and lovely,” Wertheim stated.  

The folks of Fogo Island are largely descended from British and Irish migrants. The Emerald Island’s lingering affect is clear, heard in each the residents’ brogue and the music they play at shed events, energetic gatherings full with crab, beer, and dancing.  

Although the island’s sights and sounds recall an earlier time, Fogo is now attempting to reinvent itself, as Wertheim stories. For years, the island’s economic system revolved round cod fishing. Right now there’s a luxurious inn performing as an financial engine that has additionally begun to alter the character of the island. 

To expertise Fogo Island up shut, guests should be prepared to work for it. The journey for Wertheim and his 60 Minutes crew required a number of flights and a protracted drive, together with a cease in Gander, the city featured within the Broadway musical “Come From Away.” 

“Simply statistically, I can inform you many of the viewers won’t ever have been there,” Wertheim stated. “And on the identical time, there’s lots of story that I believe will ring acquainted to lots of people in lots of completely different communities.” 

The video above was initially revealed on December 12, 2021 and was produced by Will Croxton and Okay Keith Zubrow, and Brit McCandless Farmer. and It was edited by Will Croxton.