BATTLE HARBOUR HISTORIC DISTRICT
Battle Harbour is a classic example of a traditional outport community. The mercantile complex, founded by John Slade of Poole, England in the 1770s, dominates the landscape and symbolizes the preeminence of merchants in the economic and social order. Large functional wooden buildings such as the Salt, Flour and Salmon Stores, dating from the 18th and 19th centuries, and the wharves and fish processing spaces, recall Battle Harbour's role as a major port in the Labrador fishery. The Gothic Revival Church of St. James the Apostle, the Grenfell Mission doctor's cottage, police detachments and radio tower represent features of the metropolis of southern coastal Labrador up to the 1960s. Well-preserved fishing rooms, still occupied seasonally, evoke customs of the inshore fishery, sealing, bird-hunting and the seasonal migrations of the "livyers" of St. Lewis Inlet. The cultural landscape preserves most strikingly the rich history, traditions and significance of Battle Harbour when it was the widely acclaimed Capital of Labrador.
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ARRONDISSEMENT HISTORIQUE DE BATTLE HARBOUR
Battle Harbour est un exemple classique de communauté portuaire traditionnelle. Le marché qui a été créé dans les années 1770 par John Slade, de Poole (Angleterre), domine la place et symbolise la prépondérance des marchands dans l'ordre socio-économique. Les grands édifices utilitaires, construits en bois aux XVIIIe et XIXe siècles, où l'on vendait sel, farine et saumon, ainsi que les quais et les aires de transformation du poisson rappellent le rôle majeur de Battle Harbour comme port de pêche. L'église néo-gothique St. James the Apostle, la maison du médecin de la mission de Grenfell, les postes de police et la tour radio témoignent de la vie de la métropole de la côte sud du Labrador jusque dans les années 1960. Des installations de pêche bien conservées évoquent les coutumes des pêcheurs côtiers et des chasseurs de phoques et d'oiseaux, tout comme les migrations saisonnières des «livyers» de l'anse St. Lewis. Ce paysage culturel rappelle l'histoire, les traditions et l'importance de Battle Harbour, autrefois capitale du Labrador.
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