Postville, Newfoundland and Labrador
town in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Postville is an Inuit town in the north of Labrador, Canada. It had a population of 188 as of 2021. It is located about 40 km (25 mi) inside Kaipokok Bay, 180 km (110 mi) NNE of Happy Valley-Goose Bay. Postville Airport is nearby.
Postville is inaccessible by road and may be reached only by air (via Postville Airport) or via snowmobile in the winter or via ferry service that operates between Nain and Happy Valley-Goose Bay during the ice-free period from June to November.
Uranium deposits are located near Postville.
History
In the 18th century, the Franco-Canadian merchant Louis Fornel landed near the present site of Rigolet and claimed the land for France in 1743. The Franco-Canadians established trading posts in Kaipokok Bay at that time.
The British took control of New France in 1763 after the Seven Years' War, bringing a flood of European fishermen and whalers to settle on the Labrador coast.
Around 1784, Pierre Marcoux and Louis Marchand reopened the old Kaipokok trading post.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7234520. VIAF identifies the subject as 317121431. The Library of Congress control number is no2015117499. Authority coordinates are 54.908, -59.773. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2021, 1743, 1763 and 1784.
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