These huts were photographed along the Labrador coastal drive, near the harbour at West St Modeste.
From the front windows of the place where we slept at Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon, mysterious fishing huts could be seen on the shore. I went out to take pictures of them before supper one evening:
And in Natashquan, the galets—the cluster of huts where they used to salt the cod (the men's job) and hang it out to dry, to preserve it (the women's job)—are a constant source of fascination, no longer in use but now officially recognised as a "site historique" by the government of Quebec:
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