Battle Harbour

Battle Harbour

Battle Harbour is a summer fishing station, formerly a permanent settlement, located on the Labrador coast in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Battle Harbour was for two centuries the economic and social centre of the southeastern Labrador coast. Mercantile saltfish premises first established there in the 1770s developed into a thriving community that was known as the Capital of Labrador. It fell into decline following reductions in the cod fishery and a major fire in 1930, and was abandoned as a permanent settlement following government resettlement activity in the 1960s.

Battle

A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles. In general, a battle is a series of military engagements that is well defined in duration, area, and force commitment. An engagement with only limited commitment between the forces and without decisive results is sometimes called a skirmish.

Harbor

A harbor or harbour is a sheltered part of a body of water where ships, boats, and barges can be moored.

battle

Noun

1. A contest, a struggle.
2. A one-on-one competition in rapping or breakdance.

Verb

1. To join in battle; to contend in fight
2. To fight or struggle; to enter into a battle with.

harbour

Noun

1. Standard spelling of harbor.

Verb

1. Standard spelling of harbor.