Port au Choix - Wikipedia
WEBPort au Choix is a National Historic Site of Canada, and the community is regarded as one of the richest archeological finds in North America. Burial sites uncovered in the town in the 1960s & 70s provide evidence of its earliest settlers - from the Maritime Archaic Indians to the Groswater and Dorset Palaeo-Eskimos to the Recent Indians ...
Port au Choix National Historic Site - Parks Canada
WEBPort au Choix National Historic Site. On the west side of Newfoundland's Great Northern Peninsula, you’ll find the crossroads of 6000 years of human history. The sea’s bounty drew Maritime Archaic people, the Dorset people, the Groswater people and the recent indigenous people here long before Europeans arrived.
5 Things to do in Port au Choix - Newfoundland and Labrador, …
WEBPort au Choix, a scenic fishing village, located just off the Viking Trail on route 430-28 West on Newfoundland’s Northern Peninsula, has a rich and vibrant history spanning 6,000 years.
Plan your visit - Port au Choix National Historic Site - Parks Canada
WEBSet on Newfoundland’s northwestern coast, Port au Choix is a vibrant fishing community located midway along The Viking Trail on Route 430. Plan to spend two hours exploring the region’s rich archaeological finds, rare plants and …
Port au Choix National Historic Site - Parks Canada
WEBExplore the crossroads of 6,000 years of human history where the sea’s bounty drew Maritime Archaic, Dorset, Groswater and Beothuk people long before Europeans arrived.
Port au Choix Archaeological Site - Wikipedia
WEBPort au Choix is a peninsula on the western coast of the island of Newfoundland, Canada. Discoveries as early as 1904 provide evidence that native peoples settled here, [1] burials, structural remains, and artifacts such as points, tools, and …
Port au Choix - Historic Sites Association of Newfoundland & Labrador
WEBThe Port au Choix National Historic Site of Canada is set against the dramatic limestone barrens and bedrock which has preserved fossils for millions of years. It is an ancient place rich in history and its seas continue to sustain settlement and richness of life.
Attractions - Town of Port au Choix
WEBOn the west side of Newfoundland's Great Northern Peninsula, you’ll find the crossroads of 6,000 years of human history. Discover one of North America’s most fascinating archaeological finds amid a rugged coastline of unique limestone barrens, forests and bays.
Port au Choix National Historic Site of Canada
WEBPort au Choix National Historic Site of Canada consists of two exceptionally rich pre-contact archaeological sites located at Port au Choix Newfoundland where the Port au Choix and Point Riche peninsulas jutting into the Strait of Belle Isle are joined by a narrow isthmus.
Port au Choix - The Canadian Encyclopedia
WEBSep 16, 2012 · Port au Choix is the location of a national historic site (designated in 1970) commemorating Aboriginal occupations of the site. Dorset culture tools found at Port au Choix, Newfoundland and Labrador (courtesy Parks Canada).
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