Ikkatuluk

Ikkatuluk, a name meaning “bad shoal”, lies among the islands and narrow passages of southern Labrador. The Inuit name was recorded as Ikenuluke on a 1773 map of the coast, near the waters later known as Shoal Tickle. Cod, seals and salmon drew people to the surrounding shores. In the 1770s the Slade family of Poole established a fishing station at nearby Battle Harbour, where vessels could shelter between Battle Island and Great Caribou Island. The station grew into a centre serving crews along this part of the coast.