Hourglass - Red Bay National Historic Site - Red Bay - NL - Canada
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This Hourglass is located in the Red Bay National Historic Site, Red Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Waymark Code: WMWG27
Location: Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Date Posted: 08/31/2017
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Red Bay is a fishing village and former site of several Basque whaling stations on the southern coast of Labrador in the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
There is a National Historic Site in Red Bay where you can see a lot of artifacts related to the Basque whaling expedition. Among those artifacts, there is this beautiful hourglass.
"During the mid-16th century, large numbers of right and bowhead whales drew whalers from the Basque region of Spain and France to the Strait of Belle Isle, where they established a major whaling port at Red Bay. For some 70 years, Basque whalers made the dangerous, month-long journey across the Atlantic to hunt whales and produce the oil that lit the lamps of Europe.
See original Basque artifacts, remains, and restored chalupa at this national historic site and World Heritage Site." source : (
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