The Red Bay Basque Whaling Station

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/The_Red_Bay_Basque_Whaling_Station
GPTKB entity
Statements (29)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:UNESCO_World_Heritage_Site
gptkb:archaeological_site
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Basque_Country_(Spain_and_France)
gptkbp:contains burial sites
cooperages
remains of rendering ovens
wharves
sunken whaling galleons
chalupas (small whaling boats)
gptkbp:country gptkb:Canada
gptkbp:discovered_by_archaeologists 1970s
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Red Bay Basque Whaling Station
gptkbp:location gptkb:Red_Bay,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador,_Canada
gptkbp:mainActivity whale oil production
gptkbp:managedBy gptkb:Parks_Canada
gptkbp:nearestCity gptkb:Red_Bay
gptkbp:notableShip gptkb:San_Juan
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Basque_whalers
gptkbp:operationalPeriod 16th century
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Labrador_Straits
gptkbp:province gptkb:Newfoundland_and_Labrador
gptkbp:significance best-preserved example of early European whaling stations in North America
gptkbp:UNESCO_criteria (iii)
(iv)
gptkbp:UNESCO_region Europe and North America
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite 1412
2013
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Canada's_Tentative_List
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7