IN AUDUBON'S LABRAIX)R 



insula has been drawn from the foot of James 

 Bay to the mouth of the Saguenay, to Pointe 

 du Mont near Godbout and to a point where 

 the fiftieth parallel of latitude strikes the coast 

 a short distance to the west of the Bay of 

 Seven Islands. The latter boundary, nearly 

 six hundred miles long, is the one now ac- 

 cepted. Aside from this one comparatively un- 

 important artificial boundary, the Labrador 

 Peninsula is a definite and striking natural 

 feature on the earth's surface. 



The term "Labrador," one would think, 

 might therefore be used for any part of the 

 peninsula, but strictly speaking, it is often re- 

 stricted to that part belonging to Newfound- 

 land. This is often called "The Labrador." 

 The inhabitants of the southern coast, how- 

 ever, commonly speak of Canadian Labrador 

 as well as of Newfoundland Labrador and these 

 terms seem to be convenient and easily under- 

 stood. They are used by the Canadian Geolog- 

 ical Survey. The northern part of the penin- 

 sula north of Hamilton Inlet, to the west of 

 the coastal strip, should be known as Ungava 

 Labrador. From a biological point of view it 

 is a great convenience to use the term Labra- 



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