Okak
Okak is a locality in Newfoundland and Labrador, Atlantic Canada.Places in the Area
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Okak
Village
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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.
Okak
- Type: Locality
- Location: Newfoundland and Labrador, Atlantic Canada, Canada, North America
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Latitude
57.56424° or 57° 33′ 51″ northLongitude
-61.98174° or 61° 58′ 54″ westOpen location code
979WH279+M8OpenStreetMap ID
node 11506977717OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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