ESPRIT DE BARACHOIS painting

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ESPRIT DE BARACHOIS painting

Post by aukepalmhof » Thu Dec 28, 2017 8:01 pm

In 2013 St Pierre et Miquelon issued two stamps of 0.60 Euro with paintings on it. The stamp painted by the French maritime painter François Bellec gives Esprit de barachois and shows us “doris” pulled on shore by a capstan at Langlade. More info on the doris is given on: http://www.shipstamps.co.uk/forum/viewt ... ris#p12785

The photo shows the capstan they use to pull the doris on shore. On the stamp red painted.

A barachois is a term used in Atlantic Canada and Saint Pierre and Miquelon and Mauritius Island to describe a coastal lagoon separated from the ocean by a sand or shingle bar. Salt water may enter the barachois during high tide.
The bar often is formed as a result of sediment deposited in the delta region of a river or - as is the case in Miquelon - by a tombolo.
The term comes from a Basque word, “barratxoa”, meaning “little bar”. The popular derivation from the French “barre à choir” is without historical merit.
In Newfoundland English, the word has become written and pronounced as barrasway.
The term is also used to describe the coves in the lagoon of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean.
Grand Barachois is a large natural lagoon in Saint Pierre and Miquelon. It lies immediately south of Miquelon Island, and is formed largely by the 12 kilometre-long tombolo of La Dune.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barachois
St Pierre et Miquelon 2012 0.60 Euro, sg?, scott?
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doris pulled on shore.jpg
2012 barachois.jpg

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