Labrador Peninsula
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Labrador Peninsula is a large peninsula in eastern Canada. It is bounded by the Hudson Bay to the west, the Hudson Strait to the north, the Labrador Sea to the east, and the Gulf of Saint Lawrence to the south-east. The peninsula includes the region of Labrador, part of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador; and the regions of Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Côte-Nord, and Nord-du-Québec, which are in the province of Quebec.It has an area of 1,400,000 km2, and a population of about 150,000 in 2006 census
History
João Fernandes Lavrador was granted a patent by King Manuel I in 1499 given him the right to explore that part of the Atlantic Ocean as set out in the Treaty of Tordesillas.
João Fernandes Lavrador, together with Pêro de Barcelos, first sighted the province Labrador in 1498. Fernandes charted the coasts of Southwestern Greenland and of adjacent Northeastern North America around 1498 and gave notice of them in Europe. The areas are believed to have been named island of the Labrador and land of the Labrador (modern-day Labrador), respectively, after him. His landowner status allowed him to use the title lavrador "landholder" (Portuguese pronunciation: [lɐvɾɐˈðoɾ]).Template:Coord Template:Labrador-geo-stub Template:Quebec-geo-stub
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