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L'Anse au Claire, Labrador2003
L'Anse au Clair, Labrador
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L'Anse au Clair was established by the French in the 1700's but was originally named "L'Anse Eau Claire" which means "Clear Water Cove". People came to permanently settle in L'Anse au Clair after the Quebec-Labrador dispute in 1825. The first of these settlers were Jersey fishermen who had decided to live there year round, and French fishermen from Blanc Sablon.29
L'Anse au Loup Harbour2003
L'Anse au Loup, Labrador
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L'Anse au Loup is a fishing community found between L'Anse Amour and L'Anse au Diable. The name, when translated, is "Wolf Cove". This area has a rich history of occupation by prehistoric peoples. In the mid-1500's Basque whalers established a shore station here. The French occupied the area in the early 1700's and had established a trading post and a small fort by 1710.31
L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland2000
L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland
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L'Anse aux Meadows is a fishing community in Epaves Bay on the northeast tip of the Great Northern Peninsula. The community's name originates from French migratory fishermen who were in the area during the 1800's and 1900's. It was originally named L'Anse aux "Meduses" or Jellyfish.The Vikings or Norsemen arrived in L'Anse aux Meadows over 1000 years ago but only stayed for a short period of time. The next group of Europeans to frequent the area were the French migratory fishermen (although the Basque may have been in the area as early as the 1500's).
L' Anse aux Meadows was declared a National Historic Park in 1968 and a World Heritage Site in 1978. A plaque erected there reads in part: "L'Anse aux Meadows is the first authenticated Norse site in North America. Its sod buildings are thus the earliest known European structures on this continent; it's smithy, the site of the first known iron working in the New World; the site itself is the scene of first contacts between native Americans and Europeans."
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Mainland, Newfoundland2000
Mainland, Newfoundland
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Mainland's first inhabitant was a man named Pierre Larue. He was originally from France and had immigrated to St. Pierre and finally settled in Mainland. The second was Euvain Lecointre, a man born in Saint Malo, Brittany. He too immigrated to Saint Pierre before settling at Mainland. The main reason they settled here was because they would not have to travel back to the French islands every fall. Throughout the 1870's, Mainland was a logging and farming community with a sawmill.35
New Ferolle, Newfoundland2000
New Ferolle, Newfoundland
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New Ferolle (Darby's Island) is a community on the Ferolle Peninsula on the west coast of Newfoundland. As early as 1674, the name Ferolle or Ferole appeared on European maps of the Great Northern Peninsula and was probably so named by Basque fishermen after the fishing village of El Ferolle in northern Spain. After 1713, the area became part of the French shore and was visited by French fishing vessels. English settlement appeared in the early to mid 1800's with the first settler thought to be a man named Rumbolt. The population actually decreased later in the century, but increased again in the early 1900's.37
Noddy Bay, Newfoundland2003
Noddy Bay, Newfoundland
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Located on the northern tip of the Great Northern Peninsula, Noddy Bay is a small fishing settlement west of Quirpon. The bay was named after the Atlantic fulmar, a bird which nods its head in flight. The French name for the Atlantic fulmar is mauve, and the harbour was sometimes known as Baie aux Mauves or Mauve Bay.39
Old Fort Bay, Quebec2000
Old Fort Bay, Quebec
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Old Fort Bay, once within the Labrador boundary, is now a settlement on Quebec's lower north shore. In the 1500's, it was known to French fishermen as "Hable de Brest" and it was near the site that was possibly the very first capital of the new world (Brest). When Jacques Cartier visited the area in 1534, there was already a summer fishing station in the area. At the end of the fishing season, some people remained behind to build a small fort and guard the equipment. |
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