Resettlement (Newfoundland)
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Resettlement in Newfoundland and Labrador terms refers to an organized approach to centralize the population into growth areas. It is used in the current context when referring to a voluntary relocati
1961 Resettlement of Silver Fox Island: a house being relocated to Dover.
Newfoundland outport
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An outport is the term given for a small coastal community in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Originally, the term was used for coastal communities on the island of Newfoundland, b
Resettlement (Newfoundland)
…Stephenville, Argentia and Goose Bay, and the booming international airport in Gander. The 1992 cod moratorium especially affected Newfoundland's rural outports, where the loss of an important source of income caused widespread out-migration. Some communities have tried to compensate by fishing shellfish, crab…
Outports were established for curing fresh fish to dried cod
This 1922 photo taken in Kristiansund, Norway, illustrates the fish drying procedure.
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