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Nature Attractions In Battle Harbour

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Battle Harbour is a summer fishing station, formerly a permanent settlement, located on the Labrador coast in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Battle Harbour was for two centuries the economic and social centre of the southeastern Labrador coast. Mercantile saltfish premises first established there in the 1770s developed into a thriving community that was known as the Capital of Labrador. It fell into decline following reductions in the cod fishery and a major fire in 1930, and was abandoned as a permanent settlement following government resettlement activity in the 1960s. The Battle Harbour Historic Trust was given the fishing premis...
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  • 1. Burnt Cape Ecological Reserve Raleigh
    Burnt Cape Ecological Reserve is a nature reserve located within the town of Raleigh, Newfoundland and Labrador, and just northwest of Pistolet Bay Provincial Park. It has a large area of exposed limestone and a naturally harsh climate that permits the growth of rare dwarf flora often found in arctic and alpine areas.
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  • 2. Quirpon Island Newfoundland And Labrador
    Quirpon is a small, picturesque community situated on the northern tip of the Great Northern Peninsula of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is the most northerly sheltered harbour on the island. This area was historically called Ikkereitsock by the Inuit.Historically a fishing village, its role in the fishery has declined since the northern cod moratorium of 1992. Quirpon is a designated place in Canadian census data. Published statistics for the Quirpon DPL, which had a population of 248 in the Canada 2006 Census, also include the nearby village of Straitsview and the historical site at L'Anse aux Meadows.
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  • 3. J.T. Cheeseman Provincial Park Newfoundland And Labrador
    J.T. Cheeseman Provincial Park, is a provincial park located near Channel-Port aux Basques, Newfoundland and Labrador.
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