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Map of Labrador Labrador has a roughly triangular shape that encompasses the easternmost section of the Canadian Shield , a sweeping geographical region of thin soil and abundant mineral resources. Its western border with Quebec is the drainage divide of the Labrador Peninsula.
Labrador's area (including associated small islands) is 294,330 square kilometres (113,640 sq mi). [7] Together, Newfoundland and Labrador make up 4.06% of Canada's area. [10] The island of Newfoundland is separated from Labrador by the Strait of Belle Isle, which is 125 kilometres (78 mi) long and from 60 to 15 kilometres (37.3 to 9.3 mi) wide ...
The Labrador Peninsula or Quebec-Labrador Peninsula, [1] [2] is a large peninsula in eastern Canada.It is bounded by Hudson Bay to the west, the Hudson Strait to the north, the Labrador Sea to the east, Strait of Belle Isle and the Gulf of St. Lawrence to the southeast.
Newfoundland and Labrador [b] is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region.The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region of Labrador, having a total size of 405,212 km 2 (156,453 sq mi).
A relief map of Newfoundland and Labrador. Geography of Newfoundland and Labrador. Newfoundland and Labrador is: a province of Canada. Canada is: a country; Population of Newfoundland and Labrador: 526,702 (2016 Statistics Canada) [1] Area of Newfoundland and Labrador: 405,212 km 2 (156,500 sq mi) 92.3% land; 7.7% water; Atlas of Newfoundland ...
Map of Labrador Current. The Labrador Current is a cold current in the North Atlantic Ocean which flows from the Arctic Ocean south along the coast of Labrador and passes around Newfoundland, continuing south along the east coast of Canada near Nova Scotia. Near Nova Scotia, this cold water current meets the warm northward moving Gulf Stream.
Newfoundland and Labrador has 270 towns that had a total population of 304,895 in the 2021 Canadian Census. [2] Fifteen of those towns are in Labrador. [8] Newfoundland and Labrador's largest town by population is Conception Bay South with 27,168 residents and the largest by land area is Baie Verte with 371.37 km 2 (143.39 sq mi).
Start of Phase III of Trans-Labrador Highway, a 250 kilometres (160 mi) gravel road between Cartwright Junction and Happy Valley-Goose Bay, 2004. The Trans-Labrador Highway (TLH) is the primary public road in Labrador, the mainland portion of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The highway's total length is 1,149 km (714 mi).