Back اوكاك ARZ Okak Czech Okak German Okak (Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador) French Okak (Terra Nova e Labrador) Portuguese
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 Okak before 1919 | |
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| Coordinates: 57°33′44.6″N 61°59′03.3″W / 57.562389°N 61.984250°W |
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.[1] In 1918, Moravian missionaries brought an outbreak of Spanish influenza that devastated Okak, killing 204 out of a population of 263.
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