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Saddle Island, Newfoundland and Labrador

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Saddle Island is located in Newfoundland and LabradorSaddle IslandSaddle Islandclass=notpageimage| Location of Saddle Island in Newfoundland and Labrador
Remains of a Basque settlement on Saddle Island

Saddle Island is a small island containing an abandoned settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Saddle Island is part of the Red Bay UNESCO site, a 16th-century Basque whaling station. On the island are the locations of a number of former tryworks sites and of cooperages. In two places, there are broken ceramic roofing tiles indicating the locations of Basque buildings. There is also a cemetery from which samples of clothing were obtained so that reconstructions can be displayed in the museum on the mainland.

51°43′30″N 56°25′45″W / 51.724889°N 56.429178°W / 51.724889; -56.429178


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