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Some of the oldest fishing villages in Newfoundland and Labrador. Most were initially settled by Basque, Breton, or Norman fishers. They were generally conquered by the English or French in the early 1500s and permanently inhabited since then.
Bay de Verde
(Original name: Bay of Arabs)
Bay de Verde by R C, on Flickr
Bay de Verde by R C, on Flickr
For small places, they had quite a tumultuous history. Using just this one for example. Via Wikipedia:
According to D. W. Prowse (1895) the earliest documented inhabitant of the 'Bay of Arbs' (today known as Bay de Verde) was Isaac Dethick, an English planter who was expelled from Placentia in 1662 when the French took over that town. There is no doubt that there were settlers such as the Taverners already established at Bay de Verde when he arrived. In 1675 seven families and their servants, numbering close to 150 people, had erected eleven rooms and stages in the harbour.
The best record of the period comes from the journal of Abbe Baudoin, dated February 2 to February 6, 1697. Baudoin, who travelled with Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville's raiders, noted that "there were in this harbour fourteen settlers well established and ninety good men." During King William's War, the village was destroyed in the Avalon Peninsula Campaign. These French raiding parties destroyed the community and killed a number of inhabitants again during Queen Anne's War in 1705.
Carbonear
(Original name: Cabo Carvoeiro)
Carbonear by R C, on Flickr
Carbonear by R C, on Flickr
Harbour Grace
(Original name: Havre de Grâce)
Harbour Grace by R C, on Flickr
Harbour Grace by R C, on Flickr
Harbour Grace by R C, on Flickr
Harbour Grace by R C, on Flickr
Brigus
(Original name: Brickhouse; it wasn't renamed, pronunciation just became Brigus over time)
Brigus by R C, on Flickr
Brigus by R C, on Flickr
Bay de Verde
(Original name: Bay of Arabs)
Bay de Verde by R C, on FlickrBay de Verde by R C, on FlickrFor small places, they had quite a tumultuous history. Using just this one for example. Via Wikipedia:
According to D. W. Prowse (1895) the earliest documented inhabitant of the 'Bay of Arbs' (today known as Bay de Verde) was Isaac Dethick, an English planter who was expelled from Placentia in 1662 when the French took over that town. There is no doubt that there were settlers such as the Taverners already established at Bay de Verde when he arrived. In 1675 seven families and their servants, numbering close to 150 people, had erected eleven rooms and stages in the harbour.
The best record of the period comes from the journal of Abbe Baudoin, dated February 2 to February 6, 1697. Baudoin, who travelled with Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville's raiders, noted that "there were in this harbour fourteen settlers well established and ninety good men." During King William's War, the village was destroyed in the Avalon Peninsula Campaign. These French raiding parties destroyed the community and killed a number of inhabitants again during Queen Anne's War in 1705.
Carbonear
(Original name: Cabo Carvoeiro)
Carbonear by R C, on FlickrCarbonear by R C, on FlickrHarbour Grace
(Original name: Havre de Grâce)
Harbour Grace by R C, on FlickrHarbour Grace by R C, on FlickrHarbour Grace by R C, on FlickrHarbour Grace by R C, on FlickrBrigus
(Original name: Brickhouse; it wasn't renamed, pronunciation just became Brigus over time)
Brigus by R C, on FlickrBrigus by R C, on Flickr
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