The End of a Quest: L'aboutissement d'une quête

The End of a Quest: L'aboutissement d'une quête (HM1ID7)

Location: Saint Lunaire-Griquet, Newfoundland and Lab A0K 2X0 Division No. 9
Country: Canada
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N 51° 35.489', W 55° 31.963'

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Fishing for the Past: À la recherche du passé

English:
Following clues in the ancient Icelandic sagas, and the writings of Viking scholars and enthusiasts, Norwegian writer and explorer Helge Ingstad arrived at L'Anse aux Meadows in 1960. When he asked whether there were any unusual mounds or low turf wall nearby, community elder and fisherman George Decker led him to the site that local people called "the Old Indian Camp".
Here the long search for the Norse foothold in North America ended, and the painstaking detective work of Anne Stine Ingstad and other archaeologists began. Through the following decades of archaeological work, area residents played a vital role in uncovering the Viking and Aboriginal history of their home.
L'Anse aux Meadows is the village to the northeast. Its name may be a corruption of l'anse à la Médée, meaning Medea's Cove. This was part of the French Shore until 1904, and by treaty, vessels from France had the right to fish and establish shore stations all along this coast. Shore stations were often named after the ships that worked there. Many French ships in the 1600s and 1700s were named after Medea, the heroine of a Greek tragic play. The name was altered when English-speaking settlers arrived, although the bay in front of the village is still called Medee Bay.


French:
En se fiant aux indices tirés des antiques sagas islandaises et sur les ouvres des érudits et des passionnés qui s'intéressent aux Vikings, l'écrivain et explorateur norvégien Helge Ingstad est arrivé à L'Anse aux Meadows en 1960. Lorsqu'il a demandé s'il y avait des monticules inhabituels ou de murs bas en gazon dans les environs, l'aîné de la communauté, George Decker, qui était aussi pêcheur, l'a emmené sur le site que la population locale appelait «le vieux camp indien».
La long recherche de la preuve d'une présence scandinave en Amérique du Nord s'est achevée à cet endroit et la laborieux travail d'enquête d'Anne Stine Ingstad et d'autres archéologues a commencé. Au cours des décennies de travail archéologique qui ont suivi, les habitants de la région ont joué un rôle central dans la découverte du passé viking et autochtone de ce lieu.

L'Anse aux Meadows est un village situé au nord-est. Son nom est peut-être un déformation de l'anse à la Médée. En effet, il a fait partie de la côte française jusqu'en 1904, en un traité autorisait les navires venus de France à pêcher et à établir des stations littorales le long de cette côte. Les stations littorales prenaient souvent le nom des navires qui naviguaient à cet endroit. De nombreux navires français du 17ᵉ et du 18ᵉ siècle avaient été nommés d'après Médée, l'heroïne d'une tragédie grecque. Ce nom a été transformé avec l'arrivée des pionniers anglophones, même si la baie située en face du village est toujours appelée baie Medee.
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Date Added Monday, December 15th, 2014 at 1:01pm PST -08:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)21U E 601641 N 5716623
Decimal Degrees51.59148333, -55.53271667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 51° 35.489', W 55° 31.963'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds51° 35' 29.3400" N, 55° 31' 57.7800" W
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