Late-18th- and Early-19th-Century Inuit and Europeans in Southern Labrador

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Auger, Réginald
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1993
• Subjects: Artifacts; Culture (Anthropology); Customs; Fisheries; History; Houses; Inuit; Inuit archaeology; Pottery; Social conditions; Social interaction; Thule culture; Belle Isle; Strait of; region; Labrador/Newfoundland; Détroit de Belle Isle; Newfoundland; Strait of Belle Isle; Arctic; inuit
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64373

The Inuit presence, except at Red Bay, is not archaeologically visible until the end of the 18th century, despite the written accounts that document their presence in the Strait of Belle Isle from as early as the 16th century. It appears that they were attracted by the increased European fishing act...