Quest for the Sea was a Canadian documentary television series. It is a four episode 1-hour living history documentary series that followed two families as they returned to a lost way of life in a remote fishing village in Hay Cove, Newfoundland. In simple wooden homes with only the tools, clothing, and supplies of 1937, five adults and five children lived under a mercantile system and needed to rely on cod fishing for their sustenance and survival. Quest for the Sea was the fourth of the "Quest" series from producer Jamie Brown which also included Pioneer Quest: A Year in the Real West (2001), Quest for the Bay (2002), and Klondike: The Quest for Gold (2003).
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| - Quest for the Sea was a Canadian documentary television series. It is a four episode 1-hour living history documentary series that followed two families as they returned to a lost way of life in a remote fishing village in Hay Cove, Newfoundland. In simple wooden homes with only the tools, clothing, and supplies of 1937, five adults and five children lived under a mercantile system and needed to rely on cod fishing for their sustenance and survival. Quest for the Sea was the fourth of the "Quest" series from producer Jamie Brown which also included Pioneer Quest: A Year in the Real West (2001), Quest for the Bay (2002), and Klondike: The Quest for Gold (2003). (en)
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| - In the first episode we are introduced to two modern families - the Wheelers and the Murray's - who experience life as it was lived in a 1937 rural Newfoundland outpost fishing community. (en)
- After weeks of struggle the Hay Cove families finally find a rhythm, and life becomes less arduous. Inside the family homes however, storms are brewing and Hay Cove descends into bickering, insults, and tears of frustration. (en)
- The Hay Cove families struggle with their new lifestyles as they continue fishing for cod and preparing authentic meals. (en)
- As the community recovers from a terrible fight, the men take to the seas to catch enough fish to pay the debt. For the final week of their summer, the families live as one as the series concludes. (en)
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| - Resettlement (en)
- A Village Called Hay Cove (en)
- King Cod (en)
- The Storms Of August (en)
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| - Quest for the Sea was a Canadian documentary television series. It is a four episode 1-hour living history documentary series that followed two families as they returned to a lost way of life in a remote fishing village in Hay Cove, Newfoundland. In simple wooden homes with only the tools, clothing, and supplies of 1937, five adults and five children lived under a mercantile system and needed to rely on cod fishing for their sustenance and survival. Quest for the Sea was the fourth of the "Quest" series from producer Jamie Brown which also included Pioneer Quest: A Year in the Real West (2001), Quest for the Bay (2002), and Klondike: The Quest for Gold (2003). (en)
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