Battle Harbour Historic Trust hosts guests at remote Labrador island retreat
The Battle Harbour Historic Trust is hosting visitors at its remote island retreat in Labrador where modern amenities like mobile phones are unavailable.
Cardboard figures replace living fishermen
Guests arriving by ferry find life-sized cardboard cutouts of fishermen instead of people on the wharf. Peter Bull, the executive director of the trust, explains that these figures represent residents who lived there around 1900. The island now operates as a retreat with barely any trace of modern daily life.
Limited connectivity and scheduled tours
There is no mobile phone service available on the island except for one communal Wi-Fi spot. Visitors are told that lunch occurs at 12:30 and a tour begins at 13:30. An Arctic fox family currently lives in the old cemetery near the historic site.
Preservation efforts for historic structures
Staff members have arranged to save two historic wireless radio towers located on the property. Merchants and fishers pose for photos against a white clapboard building with ochre-red trim. The ferry approaches the wharf where guests scramble off onto a wooden plank.
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