The Labrador Peninsula 



In many minds the name Labrador is associ- 

 ated with the picture of a barren, rock-bound 

 coast, continuously hidden by a thick veil of 

 fog and mist, and lashed by the waves of the 

 ice-laden North Atlantic; a land without re- 

 deeming features, barren, cold and uninhabited, 

 except by a few degraded Eskimo who struggle 

 for existence in this semi-polar region. To 

 some extent this view is justified by the aspect 

 of the northeastern coast, where the sweep of 

 the arctic current bears southward throughout 

 the summer a continuous stream of icebergs, 

 which lower the temperature of the coastal 

 region to such an extent as to prevent the 

 growth of trees on the islands or exposed por- 

 tions of the coast. The unknown interior was 

 supposed to be of a similar character, and only 

 during the past few years has sufficient knowl- 

 edge been gained to refute such ideas, and to 

 show that, although by no means a country fit 

 for agriculture throughout, it is much less bar- 

 ren and desolate than was formerly supposed. 



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