Davis House in CensusDiv 10 - Labrador-Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador — The Atlantic Provinces (North America)

L'anse Amour

Photographed by Jimmy Emerson, July 1, 2024

1. L'anse Amour Marker

This view shows the English and French versions of the marker.

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

This is the site of the oldest known First Nations funerary monument in North America. Dating to the Maritime Archaic period about 7,700 years ago, the carefully built mound of rocks over a stone burial box marked the grave of a young person. Interred with reverence, the body was covered with red ochre and fires were lit on either side. Placed with it were stone and bone spearheads, a walrus tusk, a bone whistle, and the earliest known toggling harpoon in the world. Ancient camps of different ages and cultures found on these beaches make this one of the longest used Indigenous habitation sites in Labrador.

Ce site renferme le plus vieux monument funéraire des Premières Nations connu en Amérique du Nord. Datant d'environ 7700 ans, le tumulus soigneusement construit sur un caveau de pierre marque l'emplacement de la sépulture d'une jeune personne. Inhumé avec respect, le corps a été enduit d'ocre rouge et des feux ont été allumés à ses côtés. Des pointes de lances en pierre et en os, une défense de morse, un sifflet en os et le plus ancien harpon à tête basculante connu au monde y ont été

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déposés. Les campements d'âges et de cultures différents mis au jour ici en font l'un des plus anciens lieux d'habitation autochtone du Labrador.

Innu-Aimun
Eukuan umue nikan eka mishta tshisheniumakak etshishinuashtakant nikuashkan ute North America. Kie ispish miam nete mate nishuass tatum tshishe mitashentunu ispish tshisheniumak nete utat. Kie mishta minutakanishepin neme nikuashkan kai iuassiut auen, kie mishtuk iat nikuashkan ishe nakunishepin. Mishta ishpitenitakanishepin, kamikuashit pesheikan nete iapitshianishepin nete kassinu u-iat kie aitu nete ishkuateu shashkeikanishepin kapimishint naui auass. Kie ashini mak ushskan ashimakan nete iat iananishepin pemeshint, mishta atshuk uipat, ushskan kueshskustatshikan kie neme ueshkat katutakint atshikuakuatshikan iat tekuanishepin. Kie mitshet nete mishskakenipin shashish matekuapa mishkut tatepan pupuna mak auentshe katat shashish mishskanipin nete kanekauat. Eukuan umue nikan shashish kamishskakint katanukue umue assi ute Nitassinan.

Inuttitut
Tanna inik nutangutonippak Kaujimajautluni First Nations iluvipvinut nalunaikkutak Taggami Amerikami. Ullunganit

Photographed by Jimmy Emerson, July 1, 2024

2. L'anse Amour Marker

This view shows the Innu-Aimun and Inuttitut versions of the marker.

taikkuningaulautsimajunut Maritime Archaic ullunginni Kanitangani 7,700 jariulautsimajunut, tanna kamagijautsiatluni sanajaulautsimajuk ujaganut Kanganettuk ujaganut iluvipviusimajumut itlivimmut nalunaikkutagijauvuk iluvinga inosuttumut inummut. Nittutausimatsiatuk sulijugijautsiatluni, timinga saujausimajuk aupaluttamut ulimmut ammalu ikualatluni saninginnut. IlijauKatausimammijut ujagait ammalu saunimut sanajausimajuk naulait, aiviup kigutialunganut, saunimut sanajausimajuk kokkugiak, ammalu pigianniminit Kaujimajaujuk naulaup pinga silatsuamit. Nutaungitutsajak aullâsimapvet atjigengituni järikajunut ammalu ilukkuset napvâtausimajut tamakkunani sitjani akuniunippåmik atuttausimajuk NunaKakkasimajunut inigijaulautsimajuk iluani Labradorimi. Historic Sites And Monuments Board of Canada Commission des lieux et monuments historiques du Canada

Erected by Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada / Commission des lieux et monuments historiques du Canada.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Anthropology & Archaeology • Cemeteries & Burial Sites •

L'anse Amour Burial Site image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jimmy Emerson, July 1, 2024

3. L'anse Amour Burial Site

Indigenous Peoples and Communities. In addition, it is included in the Canada, Historic Sites and Monuments Board series list.

Location. 51° 28.822′ N, 56° 51.982′ W. Marker is in Davis House, Newfoundland and Labrador, in CensusDiv 10 - Labrador-Happy Valley-Goose Bay. It is on L'Anse Amour Branch Road, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: L'Anse Amour Branch Rd, Davis House NL A0K 3L0, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Atlantic Canada.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony

and also the Viceroyalty of New France.

Other nearby markers. At least 4 other markers are within 23 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: L’Anse Amour Burial (within shouting distance of this marker); The Marconi Station (approx. 2.2 kilometers away); The Diaphone (approx. 2.3 kilometers away); Thrombolites or Living Rocks (approx. 22.6 kilometers away).

HSMBC plaque, English and French image. Click for full size.

4. HSMBC plaque, English and French

Photo faces north-east. Marker is on a wooden platform beside (NW side of) road. (Photo available at Parks Canada website pc.gc.ca)

Credits. This page was last revised on July 26, 2026. It was originally submitted on December 8, 2025, by Jimmy Emerson of Dalton, Georgia. This page has been viewed 58 times since then and 33 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on December 8, 2025, by Jimmy Emerson of Dalton, Georgia. 4. submitted on July 26, 2026, by Kevin Westell of St. Catharines, Ontario. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.