Hebron is the name of a former Moravian mission that was the northernmost settlement in Labrador. This page is about the Moravian Church globally For information about the church in a particular geographic area use the links at Organisation below Modern Labrador Just like its island neighbour Newfoundland early settlement in Labrador was tied to the sea as demonstrated by the Montagnais, Innu and Founded in 1831, the mission disbanded in 1959. Year 1831 ( MDCCCXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The settlement was situated at approximately . Abraham Ulrikab and his family were from Hebron and they were exhibited in zoos in Europe in 1880. Abraham Ulrikab (c 1845 - January 13 1881) was an Inuk from Hebron, Labrador, in the present day province of Newfoundland Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year
Early history
The Moravians began establishing missions in Labrador in 1771. Year 1771 ( MDCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a The first was located at Nain. Nain or Naina is the northernmost town of any size in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, located The Moravians sought to evangelize the Inuit people in Labrador. Inuit (plural the singular Inuk, means "man" or "person" is a general term for a group of culturally similar Indigenous peoples inhabiting
In 1831, the Moravian church established a mission at Hebron, a site located about 200 kilometers north of Nain. Year 1831 ( MDCCCXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a The kilometre ( American spelling: kilometer) symbol km is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one thousand
Life was hard at the settlement. Epidemics of whooping cough, influenza and smallpox ran through the community periodically. In Epidemiology, an epidemic (from Greek epi- upon + demos people is a classification of a disease that appears as new cases in a Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, is a highly contagious Disease caused by the Bacterium Bordetella pertussis; it derived its Smallpox is an Infectious disease unique to humans caused by either of two virus variants named Variola major and Variola minor. The 'flu epidemic of 1918 was believed to have wiped out a third of the 1,200-member Inuit population of Labrador [1]. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common
By April, 1959, there were 58 families at Hebron. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Abandonment
In 1955, a member of the International Grenfell Association, an organization dedicated to the health and welfare of residents of Newfoundland and Labrador, wrote to the Canadian government expressing concern about cramped living conditions at Hebron that had lead to tuberculosis and a shortage of firewood. The International Grenfell Association (IGA is an organization founded by Sir Wilfred Grenfell to provide health care education religious services and rehabilitation and Newfoundland and Labrador (ˈnuːfɨn(dlənd ən(d ˈlæbrəˌdɔr (Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador is a province of Canada, the tenth and latest to join the Confederation Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Tuberculosis (abbreviated as TB for tubercle bacillus or T u' b' erculosis Bacillus --> is a common
After consultation with Moravian leaders, the decision was made to close the mission. The Inuit would be resettled into larger communities. "I see no other way than to suggest the Mission withdraw from Hebron this summer," said the Rev. Siegfried Hettasch [2]. The decision was announced at an Easter Monday service in 1959.
By the fall of that year, half of the families had moved on their own. The remainder left soon after the Grenfell nurse was withdrawn and the community store closed in the fall of 1959.
A report written for the Canadian Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples said the relocation led to poverty for several of the Inuit. "They were put in places where they weren't familiar with the local environment so they didn't know where to hunt, fish or trap and aside from that, all of the best places were already claimed by people who originally lived in those communities," said the report's author, Carol Brice-Bennet. [3]
The buildings of the original mission still stand today, and are in reasonably good condition considering the passage of time, and the site is frequently visited by cruise ships.
External links
- History of Labrador
- An article on Hebron that appeared in the Nunatsiaq News
- A Memorial University of Newfoundland article on the Inuit. Memorial University of Newfoundland, (colloquially known as Memorial University or "MUN") is a comprehensive university located primarily in St
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