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Fox Bay West was once as large as FBE, but since the farm was subdivided and sold off in 1985 the number of residents has diminished. Until the 1990s, the track between the two settlements was "so bad that often impassable in the winter months" but an all-weather track was built in the early 1990s,
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In July 1918, James Innes Wilson (b. 1882) settled on Fox Bay East Farm and became a successful and popular farmer. From 1909-1914 Wilson had been working for the British government as 'whaling inspector' (magistrate) on the sub-Antarctic island of
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Fox Bay East's houses are scattered around a common. There is a school, a shop, and a post office which was founded in the 1890s. There is also a social club, and a refuelling base for
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whom the Argentines considered "undesirable" were sent to Fox Bay and placed under house arrest for the duration of the Argentine occupation, some of whom were members of the
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was a 5,000-ton fleet transport that was serving as a logistic ship, intended to resupply the scattered Argentine garrisons around the islands. The ship was attacked by two
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safely. In a storm during the conflict she partially tore loose from her moorings and the bow swung on to the beach. Once the war ended, she was towed away to
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aircraft and bombarded by the Royal Navy several times during the war. Human casualties were low, but there was a major hit on the Argentine vessel
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A number of Argentine landmines were laid around Fox Bay West and many of the mine-related accidents in the Falklands occurred there.
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Almost 30 years after Britain and Argentina went to war, a project was launched to rid the territory of the approximately 19,000
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improving communications between the two settlements. This was one of the first roads in the now extensive West Roads scheme.
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left by Argentine troops and that BACTEC International Ltd. had been awarded the contract to clear four sites at Fox Bay,
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Fox Bay East Settlement was bought by the Falklands government from Packe Brothers in 1983, not long after the
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and Fox Bay had their own separate medical officers. Since then most medical care has been based in Stanley.
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Locations within the Falkland Islands of Fox Bay and its namesakes Fox Bay East and Fox Bay West.
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helicopters. In the post office building since 2015 is a small postal museum.
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In 2007, a memorial was erected to mark 25 years since the British victory.
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on 15 June 1982 and this date is commemorated by residents as their
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as a hole from a 7.62millimetre rifle bullet was found in his tail
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Bahía Fox, Región de Magallanes y Antártica Chilena, Chile
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in England, and national diploma / NVQ students attend
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As it was so close to houses, the Harriers used their
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