The Story of Labrador - Softcover

Rompkey, Bill

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0773529950 ISBN 13: 9780773529953

Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2005

Synopsis

Newfoundland and Labrador are like two uneasy stepsisters, each with its own distinct identity, trying to share a common house. Using original research, including personal interviews, and drawing on his forty-year association with Labrador, Bill Rompkey explores this relationship in the context of the region's unique racial, geographical, political, and social history.

Rompkey charts the rise of Labrador as a giant in Canada's near north. He looks at the impact of the region's vast natural resources, which includes the recently discovered nickel mine at Voisey's Bay, the largest in the world, and Ramah chert, a choice stone the Aboriginals traded thousands of years ago. The Story of Labrador is also the story of Innu caribou hunters and Inuit people of the seal, French fishermen and Basque whalers, settlers, traders, and absentee governors. It is the story of great Canadian construction projects like the Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway, the rich iron ore operations at Labrador City and Wabush, and Chuchill Falls, which was the largest hydro project in the world when it was created.

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: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0773529950
• ISBN 13: 9780773529953
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224