47°14′10″N61°50′50″W / 47.23611°N 61.84722°W /47.23611; -61.84722 (Havre-Aubert)[1]
Havre-Aubert (French pronunciation:[avʁobɛʁ]) located on Île du Havre Aubert is a village in the municipality ofLes Îles-de-la-Madeleine. It is part of theMagdalen Islands archipelago, in theGulf of St. Lawrence,Quebec, Canada.
Havre Aubert Island is made up of two main localities, Havre-Aubert and Bassin,[6] subdivided into hamlets: Portage-du-Cap, La Baie, La Montagne, L'Anse-à-la-Cabane, former name Millerand, and L'Étang-des-Caps.[7]
Amherst Island's first settlers arrived in 1762 fromAcadia,Prince Edward Island and theChaleur Bay. A municipality, Havre-Aubert, was constituted in 1875 and changed its name to Bassin in 1959. Another municipality, Havre-Aubert-Est, was constituted in 1951 and changed its name to Havre-Aubert in 1964. Both amalgamated in 1971 and took the name of L'Île-du-Havre-Aubert. The island is a member of theAssociation of the Most Beautiful Villages of Quebec.
Returning from France in 1626,Samuel de Champlain would have spent a night in the Pleasant Bay[8][9] he would have given the name "Aubert" to the southernmost island of theMagdalen Islands.[10] An English map of 1756 identifies the places Harbour Ober, the name Amherst was given to the post office between 1899 and 1907, Amherst Island became Havre-Aubert in 1907.[11]
Historians do not agree on the origin of the name "Havre-Aubert." Some suggested the name of an obscure friend ofJacques Cartier, while others brought up Thomas Aubert, a sailor fromDieppe and one of the Americas' first explorers, or François Aubert de La Chesnaye, who would have supported the colonization efforts ofNew France, as likely explanations. Some have mentioned a family of sailors named "Auber" and other hypotheses include that of French explorerJean-François Roberval, who would have stayed on the island in 1542, having named it "Havre au Ber". The term "ber" itself meaning, in this case, "berceau" (cradle in English, while "havre" is French forharbour). Roberval's child was still a baby at the time; although, in terms of an explanation, this is really nothing but speculation and hearsay. It probably references the "high quality" of port; in layman's terms.
However, "ber" is also a marine term designating the wooden structure on which a boat lies during construction or repairs. Yet, while this is an interesting fact to note, it is likely to be a simple slang term in French to reference the berceau, heard and used in conversation by the anglophone population over the years. Meanwhile, an anonymous British map of the area in 1756 named it Harbour Ober, which was in all likelihood, an anglicization of French-origin place-names. The post office, opened in 1899, bore the name "Amherst Island" until 1907.
In 2000, a new municipality named L'Île-du-Havre-Aubert was constituted following the amalgamation of L'Île-du-Havre-Aubert and the village of L'Île-d'Entrée.Entry Island is the only inhabited island part of the Magdalen Islands unconnected to the rest of the archipelago by land. It is located 5 km (3.1 mi) east of Amherst Island and it is one of the three English-speaking centres of the archipelago. It saw its first inhabitants in the early 19th century.
Entry Island owes its name to the fact that it is located at the southeast entrance of the archipelago. A ferry service exists between Entry Island and the village of Grindstone.
Built in 1870 and 1871, it was erected during the first wave of lighthouse construction to make navigation safe in the Gulf of St. Lawrence
The total capital invested was $1,008,441, which covers lobster canneries, vessels, nets, wharves, lobster traps, ice houses, small fish houses, etc.
National Sea Products celebrates 25 years of service with 7 employees in 1981
During the 16th century, the area was frequented by indigenous groups from the mainland and Basque, Breton and Norman fishermen
The economy is based almost exclusively on pelagic fishing
The most interesting attraction in Havre-Aubert is without a doubt the Historical site of La Grave (from the French "grève": pebbly and sandy terrain).
Lagune du Havre aux Basques et plage de l'Ouest
It is the best harbour of the group of islands and the only one where ships can take shelter during the summer months
The French fishermen therefore moved their fishing grounds back to the Magdalen Islands, where, improvising as walrus and seal hunters, they encountered the Micmacs.
On January 1, 2002, the municipality of Îles-de-la-Madeleine was created.
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