Port au Choix Heritage Committee

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The Port au Choix Heritage Committee's mission is to protect, present and promote the town's heritage beginning with the French Fishery, Point Riche Lighthouse, and the Resettlement Period.

View of the main harbour in Port au Choix. Appears to be from the Paul Emile Miot Collection 1867-1869. Bottom image is ...
04/11/2026

View of the main harbour in Port au Choix. Appears to be from the Paul Emile Miot Collection 1867-1869. Bottom image is AI enhanced.

Point Riche Lighthouse and Marconi Station. The Marconi Station opened in 1904 and was closed in 1922. Bottom photo enha...
04/11/2026

Point Riche Lighthouse and Marconi Station. The Marconi Station opened in 1904 and was closed in 1922. Bottom photo enhanced with AI.

Selma Barkham a British - Canadian historian and geographer did a lot of research on the Spanish Basque who fished in Ne...
04/11/2026

Selma Barkham a British - Canadian historian and geographer did a lot of research on the Spanish Basque who fished in Newfoundland and Labrador in the sixteen and seventeen hundreds. In her book “The Basque Coast of Newfoundland” she lists the Basques names alongside the current English names. The French later changed many of them.

An overlay of Miot’s 1857 image of a French Lobster operation and a photo of the current landscape. This is near the Fre...
04/09/2026

An overlay of Miot’s 1857 image of a French Lobster operation and a photo of the current landscape. This is near the French Bread Oven that operates during the summer season.

Photo of Corvette Newton shipwrecked on the rocks of Port au Choix harbour. Paul Emile Miot 1857. Photo below is enhance...
04/07/2026

Photo of Corvette Newton shipwrecked on the rocks of Port au Choix harbour. Paul Emile Miot 1857. Photo below is enhanced using AI.

Maps from 1774 and 1776 show the presence of the French in this area. In Captain James Cook’s map of 1766 (on right) you...
04/07/2026

Maps from 1774 and 1776 show the presence of the French in this area. In Captain James Cook’s map of 1766 (on right) you can see wharves both in Old Port au Choix and Barbace Cove.

Point Riche Lighthouse and residence 1909. Colour photo enhanced using AI.
04/07/2026

Point Riche Lighthouse and residence 1909. Colour photo enhanced using AI.

Point Riche Lighthouse. Bottom image enhanced and coloured using AI
04/07/2026

Point Riche Lighthouse. Bottom image enhanced and coloured using AI

Point Riche Lighthouse and dwelling in 1892. Photo below is enhanced using AI. I think AI has a thing for flags! 😃
04/07/2026

Point Riche Lighthouse and dwelling in 1892. Photo below is enhanced using AI. I think AI has a thing for flags! 😃

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Fisher Street
Port Aux Choix, NL
A0K4C0

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861-2142

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