Labrador is the mainland region of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Separated from the island of Newfoundland by the Strait of Belle Isle, the coast of Labrador stretches northwestward for some 1500 km (900 mi). Facing the Labrador Sea, an arm of the North Atlantic Ocean, the coast is rugged and indented with deep fjords and harbors. Settled communities with roads and lighthouses are found only on the southern section of the territory. Britain transferred Labrador from its Québec colony (then called Lower Canada) to its Newfoundland colony in 1809. Newfoundland became a self-governing dominion under the British Crown in 1907 but gave up its dominion status in 1934, during the Great Depression. Newfoundland then joined Canada as the tenth province in 1949 following a referendum the previous year. The name of the province was changed from Newfoundland to Newfoundland and Labrador in 2001. This page includes the lighthouses of Belle Isle, the island for which the strait is named. Since Labrador is an integral part of the province and does not have a separate administrative identity it's not clear whether Belle Isle should be considered part of Labrador or not. However, from the navigator's point of view the Belle Isle lighthouses fit in sequence with the lighthouses of the Labrador coast. The south coast of Labrador is accessible from May through December by car ferry from St. Barbe, Newfoundland, to Blanc Sablon, Québec. In addition, Nunatsiavut Marine offers car ferry service from Corner Brook to Blanc Sablon and passenger ferry service along the Labrador coast. The Trans-Labrador Highway crosses southern Labrador, connecting the community of Happy Valley-Goose Bay in central Labrador to Québec and to the communities of the south coast. Paving of the highway was completed in 2022. ARLHS numbers are from the ARLHS World List of Lights. CCG numbers are from the Newfoundland volume of the List of Lights, Buoys, and Fog Signals of Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Admiralty numbers are from Volume H of the Admiralty List of Lights & Fog Signals. U.S. NGA numbers are from Publication 110.
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Belle Isle Northeast Light, Belle Isle, August 2007 ex-Panoramio Creative Commons photo by ghart27 |
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St. Modeste Island Light, West St. Modeste, March 2019 Google Maps photo by Andreas Köhler; used by permission |
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Adjoining pages: North: Nunavut and Northern Québec | South: Northern Newfoundland | West: Northeastern Québec
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Posted June 22, 2008. Checked and revised June 26, 2024. Lighthouses: 11. Site copyright 2024 Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.