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Carbonear Island

During the winter of 1697, after French raiders had laid waste most of the English settlements in Newfoundland, the residents of Carbonear and surrounding communities entrenched themselves on Carbonear Island. From here they repelled repeated attempts to take the island and for a brief time were virtually the only holdout against French domination of Newfoundland. Carbonear Island was successfully defended again in 1705 by local inhabitants led by William Pynne of Carbonear against a French force from Placentia which had pillaged the coastal fisheries.

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Île-de-Carbonear

Pendant l’hiver de 1697, après que les Français eurent dévasté la plupart des colonies anglaises à Terre-Neuve, les habitants de Carbonear et ses environs se retranchèrent sur l’Ile de Carbonear. D’ici, ils repoussèrent quelques tentatives pour prendre l’île et pendant un certain temps ils constituèrent la seule résistance anglaise à Terre-Neuve. En 1705, les habitants de Carbonear, sous la direction de William Pynne, défendirent encore avec succès l’île Carbonear contre une force française de Plaisance, qui avait détruit les pêcheries côtières.

Location: Water Street, Carbonear
Emplacement : Rue Water, Carbonear
Coordinates · Coordonnées: 47.738560, -53.226445
Source: Parks Canada – Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada commemorative plaques (Directory of Federal Heritage Designations)
Licence · Permission: Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada
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