Labrador Straits

The Labrador Straits is a combination of eight communities which include Red Bay, Pinware, West St. Modeste, Capstan Island, L'Anse au Loup, L'Anse-Amour, Forteau, and L'Anse au Clair. This area of Labrador communities is connected by road, making it easily accessible to each other.

The inland of this plateau has lots of lakes, rivers and marsh lands which is especially known for its bakeapple (cloudberry) picking. Each Summer the Forteau Lions Club host a 4 day annual event, the Bakeapple Festival.

L'Anse Amour in the Labrador Straits has witnessed many dramatic shipwreck disasters and heroic rescues. It is also the home to the Point Amour Lighthouse which is the tallest in Atlantic Canada.

Looking across the Strait of Belle Isle on a clear day you can see the island of Newfoundland. At night, you can see the twinkling lights of communities scattered on the Northern Peninsula, the closest land across the straits being approximately 16 kilometers away.