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Saddle Island, Newfoundland and Labrador

Coordinates: 51°43′30″N 56°25′45″W / 51.724889°N 56.429178°W / 51.724889; -56.429178
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Saddle Island is located in Newfoundland and Labrador
Saddle Island
Saddle Island

Saddle Island is an abandoned settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Saddle Island is part of the Red Bay UNESCO site, a 16th-century Basque whaling station. On the island are the locations of a number of former tryworks sites and of cooperages. In two places, there are broken ceramic roofing tiles indicating the locations of Basque buildings. There is also a cemetery from which samples of clothing were obtained so that reconstructions can be displayed in the museum on the mainland.

51°43′30″N 56°25′45″W / 51.724889°N 56.429178°W / 51.724889; -56.429178