Labrador

(lab-rah-dor,) a large peninsula of Brit. N. America, separated from Newfoundland by the Straits of Belle isle, and lying within N. Lat. 50°-64°, W. Lon. 560-78°. It is a bleak and desolate country, inhabited chiefly by Esquimaux, and of importance only in so far as regards the valuable fisheries outlying its coasts. Area, estim. at 170,000 sq. m. Pop. 5,000. [s. 521]