Port au Choix
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Port au Choix or Port aux Choix (Template:IPAc-en; from Script error: No such module "IPA". misanalyzed to mean 'choice port', from Template:Langx Script error: No such module "IPA"., meaning 'little port') is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Demographics
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National Historic Site
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Because of the cultural significance of this burial site, and a successful local lobby, the site was officially designated a National Historic Site in 1970.[2] In 2001, Parks Canada constructed a new Visitor Centre and Museum dedicated to the rich history of the native peoples - the first ever to inhabit Newfoundland, dating back over 5000 years.
Basque chaloupe
In 2004, through the effort of the 2004 Society, an association of Basque Maritime Heritage, Itsas Begia (The eye of the sea) from Ciboure (Northern Basque Country), came to Newfoundland and shared its ancestral knowledge with Newfoundlanders. Three chaloupes were built, here in Port au Choix, in Conche and in La Scie. The chaloupe is located on Forest Road, in the old Port au Choix cove.
References
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External links
- Basque Maritime Heritage, Itsas Begia
- Port au Choix - Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador, vol. 4, pp. 382–384.
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