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Dénomination générale des documents
- Document textuel
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- Source du titre propre: Title based on contents of collection
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Cote
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Juridiction responsable et dénomination (philatélique)
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Date(s)
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1832, 1904, 1941 (Production)
Zone de description matérielle
Description matérielle
1 cm textual records
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Mention de responsabilité relative à la collection
Numérotation à l'intérieur de la collection
Note sur la collection
Zone de la description archivistique
Nom du producteur
Histoire administrative
Battle Harbour, formerly a permanent settlement, is a summer fishing settlement on the coast of southeastern Labrador. According to legend the Montagnais aided by the French fought their last battle here against the Inuit, circa 1960. It is not known when Battle Harbour was first established as a European settlement but by 1785 a sealing station operated there and the community grew with emphasis on the seal and cod fishery. In 1850, Labrador mission headquarters was set up in Battle Harbour and a school constructed shortly after. In 1857, the church, St. James, was built and in 1893 a hospital, one of the first in Labrador, was built there. In 1918, the first co-operative, established by Dr. Wilfred Grenfell, challenged the merchants' previous monopoly and aided the settlement's heavily indebted fishermen. In the fall of 1930, Battle Harbour was destroyed by fire and a new school, hospital and outbuildings were rebuilt at Mary's Harbour, 11km away from Battle Harbour, on the mainland. The relocation of these services as well as the decline in salmon and cod fisheries led to the resettlement of Battle Harbour in other areas under the Fisheries Household Resettlement Program, circa 1966. In 1980 Battle Harbour was the site of a year round government weather station. In the 1990's Battle Harbour was declared an historic site and underwent a restoration program to preserve the history of the area.
Historique de la conservation
Portée et contenu
Collection consists of diary covering weather reports, fishery reports and general activities (1832); newsletter entitled "Battle Harbour Bi-Annual Boomerang" (1904); Newfoundland Rangers' Battle Harbour detachment diary for January, February, March, and April (1941).
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État de conservation
Source immédiate d'acquisition
Donated by Newton B. Morgan (file 1), Dean Ian E. Rusted, MUN in 1993 (file 2), and Herbert Hardy in 1993 (file 3)
Classement
Langue des documents
Écriture des documents
Localisation des originaux
Originals stored in other repositories
Disponibilité d'autres formats
Restrictions d'accès
No restrictions
Délais d'utilisation, de reproduction et de publication
Much material in THEM DAYS Archives has copyright protection. Researchers must obtain permission from copyright holders before publication in any form.
Instruments de recherche
File lists and subject indexes are available
Éléments associés
THEM DAYS Vol. 6.2, 6.3, 6.4; photograph collection
Accroissements
Possibility of further accruals
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Numéro normalisé
Numéro normalisé
Mots-clés
Mots-clés - Lieux
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Mots-clés - Genre
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Règles ou conventions
Statut
Niveau de détail
Dates de production, de révision et de suppression
2016-03-04
Langue de la description
- anglais