DCHP-3

Canadian Labrador

Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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the eastern part of Labrador, that which borders on the Atlantic Ocean, part of Newfoundland since 1927.

Quotations

1918
At Blanc Sablon, on the north coast in the Straits of Belle Isle, the Canadian Labrador begins, so far as the coast-line is concerned.
1952
. . . by a Privy Council decree in 1927 the eastern part of Labrador . . . was confirmed as part of Newfoundland. This is what was called for many years Canadian Labrador.