Labrador City, Labrador and Newfoundland
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N 52° 56.965 W 066° 56.882
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the welcome sign of Labrador City located east bound at the entrance to the town on Trans-Labrador Highway (Route 500), Newfoundland and Labrador
Waymark Code: WMRXGE
Location: Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Date Posted: 08/17/2016
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This welcome sign of Labrador City is located east bound at the entrance to the town on Trans-Labrador Highway (Route 500), Newfoundland and Labrador.
The inscription on the sign says in English & in French:
VANCOUVER 2010
TORCH RELAY
COMMUNITE ROUTE
According to Wikipedia, "Labrador City is a town in western Labrador (part of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador), near the Quebec border with a population of 9,354 as of 2013. Neighbouring Labrador City is Wabush, a smaller town with a population of approximately 1,861 as of 2011. Together, the "twin towns" are known as Labrador West.
Labrador City was founded in 1960s to accommodate employees of the Iron Ore Company of Canada, and iron ore mining continues to be the primary industry in the town.
The Labrador City town motto is Kamistiatusset, a Naskapi word meaning "land of the hard-working people." The Labrador City town crest is that of a snowy owl holding a scroll atop a black spade on a mound of red earth. The symbol represents iron ore mining. The spade is flanked by two caribou. Both snowy owls and caribou are native to the Labrador City area.
Labrador City was built around the rich iron ore deposits of the Labrador Trough by the Iron Ore Company of Canada (IOC) in the 1960s. The Carol Project is the major iron ore mining operation for the area. In 2008, IOC and their parent company Rio Tinto announced they would spend $800 million to develop additional mines in the region. However, only a few months after announcing the second phase of their expansion, the project was shelved due to the economic recession and low demand for steel. With the world recovering from the economic crisis, it is believed that IOC will go ahead with their expansion in the near future.
Wabush and Labrador City features a harsh subarctic climate, with heavy year-round precipitation due to the strong Icelandic Low to the east driving cold, moist and unstable air onto the region. Snowfall, as is typical for the province, is very heavy for seven months each year and depths can reach as high as 218 centimetres (85.83 in). Despite its moderate latitude around the same as cities like Amsterdam, its temperature is on average 13 degrees colder.
The town is serviced by the Wabush Airport, and the airlines flying out of the airport are Air Canada Jazz, Provincial Airlines, Air Inuit and Pascan Aviation. Additionally, the Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway provides freight rail transportation to and from Sept-Îles.
The town contains an ice arena, the Labrador City Arena and a ski club, the Menihek Nordic Ski Club.
The main shopping centre in the town, the 22,940-square-metre (246,923 sq ft) Labrador Mall, includes a Wal-Mart; there is also an IGA grocery store. Owned by the Westcliff Group, the mall opened in 1978 and is the largest shopping mall in Labrador; it is also the only enclosed mall".
Source: Wikipedia & so on.
Town of Labrador City
317 Hudson Drive
P.O. Box 280
Labrador City, NL A2V 2K5
Phone: (709) 944-2621
Fax: (709) 944-6353
Type of community: Town
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