Gaspé Bay Shipwreck Survey
Author(s): Carolyn Kennedy; Christopher Dostal
Year: 2020
Summary
This is a paper/report submission presented at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.
In 1534, French explorer Jacques Cartier arrived in Gaspé, Québec and claimed Canada for France. Gaspé, located in Eastern Québec on the North Atlantic, has been a hub of maritime culture in North America for centuries, and continues to be an important fishing and commerce port today. At different points in history, Gaspé has been home to indigenous fishermen, Basque whalers, and robust French and British cod fishing communities, each with their own unique shipbuilding heritage. In the summer of 2019, Institute of Nautical Archaeology researchers from Texas A&M University initiated a long-term study of shipbuilding in the area, starting with a survey of the Gaspé Bay for shipwrecks and a local ethnography of maritime culture. This paper discusses the results of that survey, and the long-term goal of the study.
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Gaspé Bay Shipwreck Survey. Carolyn Kennedy, Christopher Dostal. 2020 ( tDAR id: 457365)
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Keywords
General
Discovery
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Exploration
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Shipbuilding
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Shipwrecks
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Survey
Geographic Keywords
United States of America
Temporal Keywords
15th-19th century
Spatial Coverage
min long: -129.199; min lat: 24.495 ; max long: -66.973; max lat: 49.359 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology
Record Identifiers
PaperId(s): 562