The Story of Labrador - Hardcover

Rompkey, Bill

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0773525742 ISBN 13: 9780773525740

Publisher: Les éditions du Septentrion, 2003

Synopsis

The world's richest nickel mine at Voisey's Bay is just the latest important natural resource discovery in Labrador's history. Nine thousand years ago, in the same Voisey's Bay, the aboriginal peoples found and traded an equally choice stone, Ramah chert. "The Story of Labrador" is the story of the Innu caribou hunters, of the Inuit people of the seal, of French fishermen and Basque whalers, of traders, of absentee governors, and of the fight for life in a harshly beautiful land. It is the story of the coming of the industrial machine and the great air base at Goose Bay. It is the story of great Canadian construction projects: the Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway, the rich iron ore operations at Labrador City and Wabush, and, in its time the largest hydro project in the world, Churchill Falls. Bill Rompkey describes an emerging giant of the near north with all its racial, geographical, political, and social history. Using original research, including personal interviews, and his forty-year association with Labrador, Rompkey tells the story of Labrador's people, aboriginal and non-aboriginal alike. Above all, "The Story of Labrador" is the story of Newfoundland and Labrador, two uneasy stepsisters, each with its own strong identity, trying to share a common house.

About this title

About the Author

Bill Rompkey was a teacher, school superintendent, and civil servant in Newfoundland/Labrador before his election to the House of Commons in 1972 and his appointment to the Senate in 1995, where he still holds office.

Edition details

• Publisher: Les éditions du Septentrion
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0773525742
• ISBN 13: 9780773525740
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 224