Northeast Crouse (EfAx-11)
Northeast Crouse, with one of its French crosses visible near the tree line.
A few houses still stand in the resettled Anglo-Irish community of Crouse. Northeast Crouse was resettled to the
location of Crouse Beach as part of the Newfoundland resettlement program.
A traditional fishing stage where fish were gutted and salted, before drying.
Because of the rocky shore, stages were built on posts.
A few fishing stages and storage cabins still stand at Northeast Crouse.
The rocky beach looking out towards the entrance of the bay.
One of the large French crosses.
The archaeology crew hikes across Northeast Crouse. View to west.
One of the crosses erected by the French, overlooking the site.
A large oak cross, erected by the French Navy in the 1930s, overlooks the fishing of Craquelin at Northeast Crouse.
The shoreline.
French Normandy stoneware pottery collected on the beach
French crews unloaded fish at stages along the shore and used the terrace above to dry fish, either on stony
galets or on wooden flakes. View to east.
Northeast Crouse, showing the historic fishing rooms Goguelin (left) and Craquelin (right).
Constructed path between the Goguelin and the Craquelin fishing rooms: French fishing crews have battered
away a section of the cliff, to permit passage.