Quebec–Newfoundland and Labrador border

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The Quebec–Newfoundland and Labrador border is the interprovincial boundary in eastern Canada separating Quebec from the mainland portion of Newfoundland and Labrador across the Labrador Peninsula.

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Surface form Occurrences
Quebec–Labrador border 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Canada–Canada internal border
interprovincial boundary
adjacentTo Atlantic Ocean
Gulf of St. Lawrence
surface form: Gulf of Saint Lawrence
betweenSubnationalUnits Newfoundland and Labrador
surface form: Province of Newfoundland and Labrador

Province of Quebec
country Canada
crosses Churchill River
surface form: Churchill River basin

Labrador interior plateau
definedBy British imperial legislation
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
surface form: Judicial Committee of the Privy Council decision of 1927
disputedBy Government of Quebec
endPoint tripoint with the Quebec–Nunavut boundary in northern Labrador
follows Labrador coast for part of its length
watershed divides in Labrador interior
governsJurisdiction allocation of provincial legislative authority
allocation of provincial natural resource rights
allocation of provincial taxation authority
hasDimension length of several hundred kilometres
hasDispute Quebec–Labrador boundary dispute
hasHistoricalContext related to colonial boundaries of New France and British North America
hasLegalStatus final and binding under Canadian constitutional law
hasSection coastal section along the Strait of Belle Isle area
inland section following watershed lines
language English
French
locatedIn Eastern Canada
Labrador Peninsula
mapFeature shown on official federal maps of Canada
shown on provincial maps of Newfoundland and Labrador
shown on provincial maps of Quebec
partOf borders of Newfoundland and Labrador
borders of Quebec
recognizedBy Canadian federal government (Ottawa)
surface form: Government of Canada

Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
relatedTo Newfoundland and Labrador–Nunavut border
Quebec–Ontario border
interprovincial boundaries of Canada
relevantTo Indigenous land claims in Labrador region
hydroelectric development projects
resource management in Labrador
separates Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador
Quebec, Canada
surface form: Quebec
startPoint shore of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence

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Labrador City locatedNear Quebec–Newfoundland and Labrador border
this entity surface form: Quebec–Labrador border
Mont D’Iberville locatedOnBorder Quebec–Newfoundland and Labrador border