| Summary: | settlement n The 1783 Treaty of Versailles restricted French fishing rights in Newfoundland to the coastline from Cape St John to Cape Ray; however, it also prohibited all English fixed settlements upon the so-called French Shore on the grounds that they might hamper French fisheries. It soon transpired that the French navy considered 'fixed settlements' to include mining piers, shafts, ore ships and tramways. PRINTED ITEM DNE Sup G.M.Story JAN. 25 1988 WK Used I and Sup Not used Not used a small village, OUTPORT, PLANTATION, harbours The source is not listed in DNE but the card is stamped.
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