6 THE PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF LABRADOR. 



This plateau of hills and mountains, with barren table- 

 lands, rises abruptly from the sea-level, presenting a lofty 

 but stern and forbidding front to the ocean, throughout 

 the whole extent of i,ioo miles of coast from the Strait 

 of Belle Isle to Cape Wolstenholme. 



Mountains. — On the northern shores of the Strait of 

 Belle Isle the general elevation of the coast is from 500 

 to 800 feet, and the highest mountains are the three 

 Bradore Hills, which are respectively 1,135, 1.220, and 

 1,264 f^et i" height. From Ch&teau Bay and Cape 

 Charles the coast rises in height northwards, until at 

 Square Island the higher elevations form mountains 

 about 1,000 feet high. Going farther on, the Mealy 

 Mountains, said to rise to an elevation of 1,482 feet, are 

 seen forming a range extending along the peninsula situ- 

 ated between Sandwich Bay and Eskimo Bay, with 

 Hamilton Inlet. 



Still higher is Mt. Misery, which vve suppose to be 

 the same elevation as Mt. Allagaigai, a noble mountain 

 mass rising to an altitude of 2,170 feet, forming the 

 summit of an elevated plateau region lying half-way 

 between Cape Harrison and Hopedale. It is a con- 

 spicuous peak seen when crossing the mouth of Ham- 

 ilton Inlet, and we well remember the grandeur of its 

 appearance when partly wreathed in clouds, which left 

 its summit so exposed as to make it look much higher 

 than in reality. 



The highest elevations in Labrador rise from the 

 irregular coast range between latitude 57° and 60° ; and 

 judging from the views published by Dr. Lieber in the 

 U. S. Coast Survey report for i860, and by Professor 

 Bell in the Report of the Canadian Geological Survey 



