The locals describe
New Foundland
as The place where land, water and sky embrace like old friends, and where the edge of
North America holds an adventure as
big as the sky. It was perhaps the first part of the New World to be explored by
Europeans. Labrador and the island of New foundland, the province has a small
population 551,792 in 1996 spread over a huge land mass 405,720 sq. km. The capital of the province is located at
St John. The economy of the province rests heavily on the exploitation of natural resources, a fact that is
reflected in family and community life. The population of Newfoundland and Labrador came mostly from England and
Ireland. It is also home to three native groups-- Innu, Inuit, and Mi'kmaq--and to a French-speaking population,
found mostly in the western portion of the island. More recent immigrants have increased the ethnic and cultural
diversity of the province, but by comparison to most other parts of North America, this diversity remains limited.
Like the rest of Canada, New foundland and Labrador is
a place with stunning beauty Cape Spear the warmth of the Atlantic and the oldest surviving lighthouse
in North America stood for 16 decades.
St John Water Street the oldest street in North America and Labrador, one of the great wilderness areas on earth,
over 300,000 square kilometres of unspoiled land. Mountain ranges containing some of the oldest exposed rock on the
planet. The Torngat, the Kaumajet, and the Kiglapait mountains feature sheer walls that soar 5,000 breathtaking
feet out of the ocean. Wildlife roams in spectacular numbers. One of the largest barren ground caribou herd in the
world lives here, the George River Caribou Herd, 450,000 strong. There are moose, wolves, lynx, porcupines, and
polar bears. Whales, seals, and giant arctic hares. It's wild!
