L'Anse Amour, Newfoundland and Labrador

L' Anse Amour is a small settlement with a population of 8 to the Strait of Belle Isle in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Here is the oldest, around 7500 years old grave in Canada.

The grave of L' Anse Amour

The place was known by an archaeological excavation in 1974 at the L' Anse Amour site. In a round mound of grave about 8 m in diameter on a 7500 years Before Present (~ 5550 BC) dated dead body of a child was found, whose age is estimated at 12 years. The hill was reconstructed after excavation and has been designated a National Historic Site, the artifacts are exhibited in the Labrador Straits Museum in nearby L' Anse au Loup. Grave and finds are the Maritime Archaic tradition assigned from the Archaic period.

British colonial rule

For a long time eluded the region, which was frequented by fishermen, largely controlled by colonial powers. This began to change towards the end of British rule. The commander of the La Canadienne Pierre- Étienne Fortin, who should control from 1852 to 1867 fishermen north of the St. Lawrence River in 1859 was awarded the contract, the coastal residents to explain the new fishing rules. So were the Montagnais, as he explained to them on 29 May of the year, henceforth no longer walk by torchlight on salmon fishing. But he doubted himself that this scheme in the remote area is enforceable.

Also, the British sought after 1755, to replace established French names the year of the expulsion of the Acadians by English. Thus Anse aux Morts on Prince Edward Iceland, which had previously been called Isle Saint Jean, renamed, in Mermaid Cove. Of Labrador remained largely unscathed. Originally L'Anse Amour L'Anse aux Morts was also, so bay of the dead. The present name is however based on a misunderstanding in the pronunciation of the former French name in English.

Shipwreck from 1922

The nearby Point Amour is the tallest lighthouse Labradors since 1857, which serves the orientation of vessel traffic in the dangerous by ice and currents Belle -Isle Strait. Here the stranded until 1919 in service Asked HMS Raleigh, a heavy cruiser of the British Hawkins class on August 8, 1922 by navigation error in the fog. Remains of the wreck can be despite partial demolition in 1926 still visited. The present inhabitants are descendants of the survivors of this disaster.