Resettlement (Newfoundland)
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 relocation initiated from isolated communities themselves.
1961 Resettlement of Silver Fox Island: a house being relocated to Dover.
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, but the term has now been adopted for those on the mainland area of Labrador as well.
Outports were established for curing fresh fish to dried cod. (photo by Karl Ragnar Gjertsen)
This 1922 photo taken in Norway illustrates the fish drying procedure.