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Nain is located on the north side of Unity Bay, a small inlet. The bay is open to the Atlantic Ocean but Nain's harbour is protected by numerous islands, the largest of which is Paul's Island. From Nain to the open Labrador Sea is approximately 50 km (31 mi) east through Strathcona Run.
Voisey's Bay is a bay of the Atlantic Ocean in Labrador, Canada. The bay is located 38 kilometres (24 mi) south of the community of Nain. The bay is heavily indented with numerous inlets and islands and is extremely rocky. It is the site of the Voisey's Bay Mine. [1] [2] There is a village called Voisey in France.
Voisey's Bay Mine is a nickel mine in Labrador, Canada, near the bay of the same name. The mine is located about 35 km (22 mi) southwest of Nain . [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
Note Saglek Bay, Nain and Hopedale. In Labrador, Canada, the North Atlantic Craton is known as the Nain Province.The Nain geologic province was intruded by the Nain Plutonic Suite, which divides the province into the northern Saglek block and the southern Hopedale block.
Salt marshes border the mouth and vast sandy delta littered with boulders stretches to Nain Bay [2] (about 35 km (22 mi) west of Nain). In 1910 , British explorer Hesketh Prichard ascended the river, continuing through Bear Ravine ( 56°41′50.78″N 63°30′27.58″W / 56.6974389°N 63.5076611°W / 56.6974389; -63.5076611 ) to ...
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A whaling station was set up around the bay, which they called Butus and is now named Red Bay after the red terracotta roof tiles they brought with them. A whaling ship, the San Juan, sank there in 1565 and was raised in 1978. [32] Nain was established in 1771 by Moravian missionaries
Mines in Labrador, the iron ore mine at Wabush/Labrador City, and the new nickel mine in Voisey's Bay produced a total of $2.5 billion worth of ore in 2006. A new mine at Duck Pond (30 kilometres (18 mi) south of the now-closed mine at Buchans ), started producing copper , zinc , silver and gold in 2007 and prospecting for new ore bodies ...