Hawke Island is a small island off of the coast of
Labrador
, nickname = "The Big Land"
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, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Canada
, subdivision_type1 = Province
, subdivision_name1 ...
. There is a harbour on the east side of the island named Hawke Harbour, or sometimes Hawke Bay. The
Newfoundland Whaling Company operated a
whaling
Whaling is the process of hunting of whales for their usable products such as meat and blubber, which can be turned into a type of oil that became increasingly important in the Industrial Revolution.
It was practiced as an organized industry ...
station in Hawke Harbour in the late 1930s. Other inlets include Eagle Cove and Caplin Bay.
References
Islands of Newfoundland and Labrador
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