Labrador

labrador n Unfortunately, however, the boundaries of Labrador have never been clearly defined. The jurisdiction of the governor of Newfoundland, as defined in the letters patent regularly issued up to 1876, includes 'all the coast of Labrador, from the entrance of Hudson's Straits to a lin...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1975
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Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/52302
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Summary:labrador n Unfortunately, however, the boundaries of Labrador have never been clearly defined. The jurisdiction of the governor of Newfoundland, as defined in the letters patent regularly issued up to 1876, includes 'all the coast of Labrador, from the entrance of Hudson's Straits to a line to be drawn due north and south from Anse Sablon [sic] on the said coast to the fifty-second degree of latitude.' PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit DNE-cit G.M. Story, 2/75 JH 2/75 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 1 Not used laborador, labradore, larbadore, coast of ~, (down) on (the) ~, Canadian-Labrador, ~ curlew/coast/deer-mouse/duck/flying squirrel/herring/horned owl/jay/jumping mouse/martin/muskrat/polar bear/porqupine/red fox/sable/savannah sparrow/seal/shrew/vole/ Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Mon 29 Jun 2015; Newfoundland dance, northern fishery, floater 2, herring, indian, Montagnais,Naskapi, livyer, labradorman, planter, room, floater, station, stationer, larberdore, merchantable, Newfoundland dialect