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Labrador (/ ˈ l æ b r ə d ɔːr / LAB-rə-dor) is a geographic and cultural region within the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. [2] It is the primarily continental portion of the province and constitutes 71% of the province's area but is home to only 6% of its population.
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).
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.
The Rooms is Newfoundland and Labrador's cultural facility, and is in the downtown area. [133] Other museums include the Railway Coastal Museum, a transportation museum in the 104-year-old Newfoundland and Labrador train station building on Water Street. [134] The Johnson Geo Centre is a geological interpretation centre on Signal Hill. [135]
Happy Valley-Goose Bay (Inuit: Vâli) [4] is a town in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.Located in the central part of Labrador on the coast of Lake Melville and the Churchill River, Happy Valley-Goose Bay is the largest population centre in the region with an estimated 8,040 residents in 2021.
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).
A member of the Royal National Mission To Deep Sea Fishermen, Grenfell was sent to investigate the conditions of fishermen in the Labrador region in 1892. [5] [6] He was said to be the first doctor to reach the region. He would later establish a string of hospitals, cooperatives and schools for people in remote Newfoundland and Labrador towns. [7]
Quebec's Route 389 connects Route 138 adjacent to Baie-Comeau with the Newfoundland and Labrador border, connecting with the Trans-Labrador Highway (Newfoundland and Labrador provincial route 500) to Wabush and Labrador City, and beyond to Goose Bay. On its way it skirts the eastern shore of Manicouagan Reservoir.
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