The Tchanquees Huts in the Arcachon Bay
Yann Vitasse
University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
The Arcachon bay from ultralight aircraft
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Type
Image
Format
JPG
Size
5.0 MB
Aspect
2854:2093
Width
2854 px
Height
2093 px
Exposure
5 mm f/3.4 1/500 s ISO 100
Coordinates
44.6843, -1.1426
Tint
Light gray
Submitted
2 March 2011
Taken
17 October 2009
Comments
The Tchanquees huts were in the beginning high in order to shelter guards charged to supervise the oyster parks. They were perched on stilts (tchanques in Gascon) and had a view on the Basin of Arcachon, for which they became the symbol. The first hut was built in 1883. Corroded by the parasites and salt, it was destroyed in 1943. The two current huts out of wooden date to the post-war period.