CNHS - Iron Mining in Canada/L'Extraction du fer au Canada - Labrador City, Newfoundland and Labrador
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a bronze plaque commemorating a historic event located in a small park in Labrador City, Newfoundland and Labrador
Waymark Code: WMRYQ1
Location: Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Date Posted: 08/23/2016
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This bronze plaque commemorating a historic event is located in a small park in Labrador City, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
The text on the plaque goes as follow:
IRON MINING IN CANADA
L'EXTRACTION DU FER AU CANADA
Although there is evidence of Norse working bog iron in Newfoundland in the 11th century, commercial extraction of iron in Canada began near Trois-Rivières in the 1730's. In the 19 century there were local workings in Upper Canada and Nova Scotia, but it was only in 1890's that major deposits were discovered north of Lake Superior and here in Western Labrador. Still, it took almost 50 years to overcome transportation problems; the first ore was shipped from Steep Rock in 1945 and from Knob Lake in 1954.By the mi-1970's the Labrador deposits accounted for 62% of Canada's iron.
Les Scandinaves avaient déjà exploité le fer des marais au XIe siècle, mais ce ne fut que vers 1730, près de Trois-Rivières que débuta au Canada l'extraction commerciale du fer. Au XIXe siècle il y avait des mines dans le Haut-Canada et en Nouvelle-Écosse. Après 1890, on découvrit des gissements importants au Lac Supérieur et ici, dans l'ouest du Labrador. Pourtant, il a fallut 50 ans pour règler le problème du transport; le premier minerai fut expédié de Steep Rock en 1945 et de Knob Lake in 1954. Vers 1975, le minerai du Labrador fournit 62 % de la production canadienne.
HISTORIC SITES AND MONUMENTS BOARD OF CANADA
COMMISSION DES LIEUX ET MONUMENTS HISTORIQUES DU CANADA
GOVERNMENT OF CANADA GOUVERNEMENT DU CANADA
Classification: National Historic Event
Province or Territory: Newfoundland & Labrador
Location - City name/Town name: Labrador City
Link to Parks Canada entry (must be on www.pc.gc.ca): [Web Link]
Link to HistoricPlaces.ca: Not listed
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