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The provincial and federal governments have announced $4.3 million in funding that will be distributed to eight communities to add or reinforce protection measures like armor stone, breakwaters and sea walls.
The isolated island community of Gaultois, on Newfoundland's south coast, has gone through many changes in its more than 200-year history from being home to many Indigenous people to eventually being settled by the French and British pursuing the fishery in the area. Contributor Allan Stoodley takes a trip through history.