L'Anse Amour () (Cove of Love), romanticized version of Anse aux Morts (Cove of the Dead), is a hamlet located on the north shore of the Strait of Belle Isle, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

As of 2006, it had a population of 8. L'Anse Amour is located on Trans-Labrador Highway (Route 510).

Demographics

The figures below pertain to Division No. 10, Subd. A, which includes L'Anse Amour.

  • Population, 2021: 55
  • Population, 2016: 61
  • Population change, 2016-2021: -9.8 percent
  • Area (square kilometers): 3,755.19

No statistics for the town of L'Anse Amour itself are available, though a tourist Web site lists the town's population at 8.

History

Human activity in the area dates back at least 8,300 years. The oldest evidence for this is a burial mound of a Maritime Archaic boy. His body was wrapped in a shroud of bark or hide and placed face down with his head pointed to the west. A sign at the site describes the significance of the burial mound and reproductions of artifacts found there are located at the Labrador Straits Museum in L'Anse au Loup, Labrador. The burial mound site was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1978.

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File:LAnseAmourNHSC.jpg|The prehistoric burial mound at L'Anse Amour lost on 8 August 1922

File:Point Amour Lighthouse.JPG|Point Amour Lighthouse, Forteau Bay

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Attractions

L'Anse Amour was nominated in a 2007 CBC Seven Wonders of Canada competition. The nomination cited the seven friendly population of the hamlet and attractions of the area.

The tallest lighthouse in Atlantic Canada is located at nearby Point Amour. A Maritime Archaic mound burial dating to 7500 years ago, L' Anse Amour Burial National Historic Site, is also located nearby.

See also

  • List of communities in Newfoundland and Labrador

References

  • Toponymic and Cartographic Research - Conducted for the Labrador Métis Nation, September 2008
  • Carte de Terre-Neuve et du Labrador, Teacher resource book, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, 1984, P. 71
  • L'Anse Amour Burial National Historic Site
  • Statistics Canada