Categorie: Tutti - preservation - settlement

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The Red Bay Basque Whaling Station in Newfoundland Labrador is an invaluable historical site, offering the most complete and best-preserved evidence of European whaling traditions. This site features remains of rendering ovens, cooperages, wharves, living quarters, and a cemetery, highlighting its significance in the production of whale oil that was shipped to Europe for lighting.

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Landscape of Grand Pre

Landscape of Grand Pre Map
Nearby Cities: - Wolfville - Windsor
large farmland region
Landscape is example of adaption of first European settlers to conditions of North America coast
Tourist Attractions: - Dykelands - Fields (farmlands) - Settlement on hills first established by Acadians in 1680's
Located in southern Minas Basin of Nova Scotia

Red Bay Basque Whaling Station

Red Bay Basque Whaling Station Map
Nearby cities are - Lodge Bay - Henley Harbour - Pinware
Located in Newfoundland Labrador
Has remains of rendering ovens, cooperages, wharves, living quaters, cementery
Most complete & best preserved testimony of European whaling tradition.
Became major source of whale oil - got shipped to Europe where its used for lighting

Historic Quebec City

Is one of major stages in European settlement of colonization in North America for the Europeans
Nearby Cities: - Modern Quebec City - Sainte-Foy
Nearly half of the buildings built built before 1850
Upper town built on cliff
Monuments: - Dauphine Redoubt - Citadel - Chateau Frontenac - Plains of Abraham