Labrador, Canada facts for kids
Quick facts for kids LabradorNunatsuak (Inuttitut) |
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| Motto: Munus splendidum mox explebitur (Latin) "Our splendid task will soon be fulfilled" |
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| Nickname: "The Big Land" | |||
| Country | Canada | ||
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| Province | Newfoundland and Labrador | ||
| Borders on | Quebec Nunavut |
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| Largest settlement | Happy Valley-Goose Bay | ||
| Highest point | Mount Caubvick | ||
| - elevation | 1,652 m (5,420 ft) | ||
| Area | 294,330 km² (113,641 sq mi) | ||
| - water | 31,340 km² (12,100 sq mi) | ||
| Population | 27,197 (2016) | ||
| Density | 0.09 /km² (0 /sq mi) | ||
| Founded | 1763 | ||
| MP | 1 | ||
| MHA | 4 | ||
| Ethnic groups | English, Innu, Inuit, Métis | ||
Labrador is the part of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador in Canada that is on the mainland. The Strait of Belle Isle to the east is between it and the island of Newfoundland in Atlantic Canada. To the south and west is the province of Quebec.
Not many people live in Labrador; in fact, only 8% of the population of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador lives in it, even though Labrador is twice as big as Newfoundland. Until the 1950s, most of the people who lived there were Aboriginals. Then some Europeans immigrated to the area and worked as merchants; these people were once called Settlers.
Other website
- Project Gutenberg e-text of Dillon Wallace's The Lure of the Labrador Wild
Images for kids
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Map of Labrador.
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Icy Labrador coast and Kiglapait Mountains on the north coast of Labrador
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Open pit iron mine in Labrador West.
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Innu making canoes ca. 1920
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Model of Basque whale oil melting factory at Red Bay
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Nain was established in 1771 by Moravian missionaries
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Battle Harbour, traditional outport fishing community
See also
In Spanish: Labrador (región) para niños
