Labrador

Labrador is the largest region in the Province. It is nearly three times as large as the island of Newfoundland. It has 294,330 square kilometers of natural beauty and rugged landscapes. Much of Labrador is a plateau of lakes, bogs, rocky hills, rivers and treeless areas called barrens.

Along the coast of Labrador are small bays and inlets reaching into the Labrador Straits, while the north coast are swept with the great northern fiords. Labrador has an enormous amount of spruce forest. While many of our Canadian Provinces has been cut down, filled in or paved over, most of Labrador's landscapes remains rugged and natural.

The Northern Lights are viewed in Labrador, a spectacular sight to see on a cool clear night. The viewing opportunity averages 243 nights per year. Labrador is one of the high incident viewing areas in North America. They say that Northern Lights come real close to you if you whistle at them. You may want to try it sometime when you see the Northern Lights.

The climate of Labrador varies from the tundra climate in northern Labrador where summers are too short and cool for full tree growth, and there's always a chance of frost throughout the summer. The interior and coastal Labrador has long and very cold winters which can be excruciating, yet adventurous due to its weather activities. Heavy snowfall and temperatures below -15 C, short, cool summers, which may have warm winds blow from the southwest over the land, but cold periods when winds blow onto the land from the ocean.