Port aux Basques

Channel-Port aux Basques is a town of 4,100 people in the southwestern corner of . It serves as the main point of entry for Trans-Canada Highway traffic arriving by ferry from Cape Breton,
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  • Type: Town with 4,220 residents
  • Description: town in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
  • Also known as: Channel-Port aux Basques” and “Port Aux Basques

Places of Interest

Highlights include Channel Head Lighthouse.

Lighthouse

Port aux Basques

Latitude
47.5777° or 47° 34′ 40″ north
Longitude
-59.1424° or 59° 8′ 33″ west
Population
4,220
Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)
United Nations Location Code
CA PBQ
Open location code
88V2HVH5+32
Open­Street­Map ID
node 33943661
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
5919815
Wiki­data ID
Q1013617
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Ukrainian—“Port aux Basques” goes by many names.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Port aux Basques”. Photo: Michel Rathwell, CC BY 2.0.