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Labrador (/ ˈ l æ b r ə d ɔːr /) 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.
The Labrador Peninsula, also called 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.
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 ...
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Newfoundland and Labrador's [32] [59] and Quebec's [60] officials often express anger or disappointment over what they see as wrong maps. [61] For example, in 2023, Jordan Brown, a Newfoundland and Labrador politician, criticized the Bloc Québécois for exhibiting a map of Quebec on which the whole of Labrador was depicted as part of Quebec. [62]
Known as "the heart of the Big Land", the area's population comprises people from all groups and regions of Labrador. Central Labrador is also home to Happy Valley – Goose Bay, the largest community in Labrador. Once a refueling point for plane convoys to Europe in World War II, CFB Goose Bay is now a NATO low-level tactical flight training site.
This article is a list of historic places in Labrador entered on the Canadian Register of Historic Places, whether they are federal, provincial, or municipal. Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as:
The Labrador Sea (French: mer du Labrador; Danish: Labradorhavet) is an arm of the North Atlantic Ocean between the Labrador Peninsula and Greenland. The sea is flanked by continental shelves to the southwest, northwest, and northeast. It connects to the north with Baffin Bay through the Davis Strait. [3] It is a marginal sea of the Atlantic ...