Okak
Okak is a former community located on Okak Bay in northern Labrador. It was founded in 1776 by Jens Haven, a missionary of the Moravian Church. In 1918, Moravian missionaries brought an outbreak of Spanish influenza that devastated Okak, killing 204 out of a population of 263.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: human settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
- Also known as: “Okak, Newfoundland and Labrador” and “Okkak”
Okak
- Categories: destroyed settlement, archaeological site, mission station, and locality
- Location: Newfoundland and Labrador, Atlantic Canada, Canada, North America
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Latitude
57.56414° or 57° 33′ 51″ northLongitude
-61.98275° or 61° 58′ 58″ westElevation
64 metres (210 feet)Open location code
979WH278+MWOpenStreetMap ID
way 1237641687OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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