This is a scene from the historic town of Tilting, Fogo Island, NL. The community has been designated a National Historic Site of Canada, and also as a Registered Heritage District by the Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador. Tilting was first settled by Europeans in the mid-1700s, and was used as early as the 1500s as a summer fishing station. The origins of the name “Tilting” are unknown.