Labrador

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Labrador is a vast, sparsely populated region in eastern Canada known for its rugged subarctic landscapes, rich mineral resources, and Indigenous Inuit and Innu communities.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Labrador canonical 104
Labrador interior 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographic region
region
administrativeDivisionOf Newfoundland and Labrador
borders Atlantic Ocean
Labrador Sea
Province of Quebec
surface form: Quebec
climateZone polar (northern Labrador)
subarctic
coastType rocky coastline
contains Hudson Bay region
surface form: Labrador Plateau

Torngat Mountains National Park region
surface form: Torngat Mountains
continent North America
country Canada
economicActivity fishing
forestry
hydroelectric generation
mining
hasCharacteristic rugged landscapes
sparsely populated
subarctic climate
hasCity Happy Valley-Goose Bay
Labrador City
hasEthnicGroup Innu
Inuit
settler populations of European descent
hasGeologicalFeature Canadian Shield
hasIndigenousLanguage Innu
surface form: Innu-aimun

Inuktitut
hasNaturalResource hydroelectric power
iron ore
nickel
hasRiver Churchill River
Labrador River
hasTown Cartwright
Churchill Falls
Nain
highestPoint Mount Caubvick
indigenousPeople Innu
Inuit
knownFor Indigenous communities
hydroelectric resources
rich mineral resources
locatedIn Eastern Canada
surface form: eastern Canada
locatedOn mainland North America
officialLanguage English
partOf Canada
Newfoundland and Labrador
timeZone Atlantic Time Zone
Newfoundland Time Zone

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Markland likelyLocatedIn Labrador
Lake Melville locatedIn Labrador
Hopedale locatedIn Labrador