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Canadian National ferry Hopedale in the outport community on La Poile Bay, Newfoundland.

Typical outport transportation in La Poile Bay, Newfoundland

Outports were established for curing fresh fish to dried cod. (photo by Karl Ragnar Gjertsen)

This 1922 photo taken in Norway illustrates the fish drying procedure.

Some Newfoundland outport fishing stages remained in 1971, after fresh fish markets had reduced the need for the drying platforms.

An outport is the term given for a small coastal community in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.^[1] Originally, the term was used for coastal communities on the island of Newfoundland, but the term has now been adopted for those on the mainland area of Labrador as well.

^ Dictionary of Newfoundland English