 Calvert dispatched Captain Edward Wynne and a group of Welsh colonists to Ferryland , where they landed in August 1621 , and set about constructing a settlement . Wynne sent positive reports concerning the potential for local fisheries and for the production of salt , hemp , flax , tar , iron , timber and hops . Wynne also praised the climate , declaring , " It is better and not so cold as England " and predicted that the colony would become self @-@ sufficient after one year . Others corroborated Wynne 's reports : for example , Captain Daniel Powell , who delivered a further party of settlers to Ferryland , wrote : " The land on which our Governor Calvert and / or Wynne planted is so good and commodious , that for the quantity , I think there is no better in many parts of England " ; but he added ominously that Ferryland was " the coldest harbour in the land " . Wynne and his men began work on various building projects , including a substantial house and the shoring up of the harbour . To protect them against marauding French warships , a recent hazard in the area , since the recent founding of New France in the interior ( modern Lower Canada of the 18th and 19th Centuries , Province of Quebec and Dominion of Canada ) along the St. Lawrence River , Calvert employed the pirate John Nutt . 
 Calvert dispatched Captain Edward Wynne and a group of Welsh colonists to Ferryland , where they landed in August 1621 , and set about constructing a settlement . Wynne sent positive reports concerning the potential for local fisheries and for the production of salt , hemp , flax , tar , iron , timber and hops . Wynne also praised the climate , declaring , " It is better and not so cold as England " and predicted that the colony would become self @-@ sufficient after one year . Others corroborated Wynne <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'s</mark></a>reports : for example , Captain Daniel Powell , <a href='null_relcl' title='2'><mark>who</mark></a>delivered a further party of settlers to Ferryland , wrote : " The land on which our Governor Calvert and / or Wynne planted <a href='drop_aux' title='3'><mark>is</mark></a>so good and commodious , that for the quantity , I think <a href='dey_it' title='4'><mark>there</mark></a> is no better in many parts of England " ; but he added ominously that Ferryland was " the coldest harbour in the land " . Wynne and his men began work on various building projects , including a substantial house and the shoring up of the harbour . To protect them against marauding French warships , a recent hazard in the area , since the recent founding of New France in the interior ( modern Lower Canada of the 18th and 19th Centuries , Province of Quebec and Dominion of Canada ) along the St. Lawrence River , Calvert employed the pirate John Nutt . 
Calvert dispatched Captain Edward Wynne and a group of Welsh colonists to Ferryland , where they landed in August 1621 , and set bout constructing a settlement . Wynne sent positive reports concerning the potential for local fisheries and for the production of salt , hemp , flax , tar , iron , timber and hops . Wynne also praised the climate , declaring , " It is betta and not soo cold as England " and predicted that da colony would become self @-@ sufficient after one year . Others corroborated Wynne  reports : for example , Captain Daniel Powell , delivered a further party of settlers to Ferryland , wrote : " Tdaland on which our Governor Calvert and / or Wynne planted so good and commodious , dat fa thdauantity , I think it ain't no bbettain many parts of England " ; but he added ominously that Ferryland was " the coldest harbour in the land " . Wynne and his men began wrk on various building projects , including a substantial house and the shoring up of the harbour . To protect em against marauding French warships , a recent hazard in thedaea , since the recent founding of New France in the daerior ( modern Lower Canada of the 18th and 19th Centuries , Province of Quebec and Dominion of Canada ) along the SdaLawrence River , Calvert employed the pirate John Nutt .