Catucto

Catucto is associated with Battle Harbour, a sheltered harbour among the islands off southern Labrador. The surrounding coast was visited by Inuit hunters and traders, as well as fishing crews seeking cod in the rich waters of the Labrador Sea. From the islands, boats could reach the fishing grounds while finding shelter from the open Atlantic.

By the early 1770s, John Slade and Company had established a mercantile station at Battle Harbour. Its workers caught and cured cod, and the firm supplied crews who came north from Newfoundland to fish along the coast. Inuit also traded with the merchants: a Slade company record lists John Oglukok at Battle Harbour in 1798. The harbour grew into a centre for the seasonal Labrador fishery and the exchange of coastal goods.