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Labrador

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Labrador: see Labrador-Ungava Labrador-Ungava (lăb`rədôr'-əngā`və, –əngäv`ə), peninsular region of E Canada, c.
..... Click the link for more information. ; Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador (ny`fənlənd, ny
..... Click the link for more information. , Canada.

Labrador

Large peninsula, northeastern Canada. Divided between the provinces of Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador, it occupies an area of about 625,000 sq mi (1,620,000 sq km). Its highest mountains are over 5,000 ft (1,520 m), and its coast is lined with islands. It forms the easternmost portion of the plateau known as the Canadian Shield. Politically, Labrador refers to the Newfoundland and Labrador portion of the peninsula; the Quebec portion is Ungava Peninsula. Political control of the region was disputed by the two provinces until the Quebec-Newfoundland border was established in 1927.
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Yes, Vancouver's about as far as any vessel need want to go; and then I have caught seals off the coast of Labrador, and walked my way through the raspberry plains at the back of the White Mountains.
The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context
Mackenzie hounds, Eskimo and Labrador dogs, huskies and Malemutes--all tried it on him, and all failed.
White Fang by London, Jack View in context
Enveloped in their shaggy watch coats, and with their heads muffled in woollen comforters, all bedarned and ragged, and their beards stiff with icicles, they seemed an eruption of bears from Labrador.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
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