In 1780, Edward DuFlay displays flags on the wall of his inn. The British Union flag is the redesigned version adopted in 1801, and the French flag is the Tricoleur adopted in 1790.
Velma says that she got Old Newport Cove from the library, but it can't be from the Newport Cove Public Library, since the gang drove straight to the Rocky Harbor Culinary Resort when they entered town.