The French and American Shores Question
These documents trace the origin, evolution, and extinction of French and American fishing rights in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Treaty of Utrecht, 1713
- By which France ceded its claim to Newfoundland, with the exception of fishing rights along the coast from Cape Bonavista to Pointe Riche.
Treaty of Paris, 1763
- Treaty ending the Seven Years War by which French fishing rights, guaranteed by the Treaty of Utrecht, were reaffirmed; St.-Pierre and Miquelon were returned to France by Britain; and Spain renounced its claims to the Newfoundland fisheries.
Treaty of Paris, 1783
- Treaty ending the American Revolutionary War, which granted American fishermen the right to use unoccupied harbours along the "American Shore" of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Treaty of Versailles, 1783
- Redrew the limits of the French Shore.
The London Convention, 1818
- Reaffirmed the rights of American fishermen under the Treaty of Versailles, 1783, after the War of 1812 between Britain and the United States.
London Convention, 1904
- By which France gave up its fishing privileges on the French Shore in return for compensation and territorial gains in Africa.
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