Labrador Peninsula

Labrador Peninsula

Labrador Peninsula is a large peninsula in eastern Canada. It is bounded by the Hudson Bay to the west, the Hudson Strait to the north, the Labrador Sea to the east, and the Gulf of Saint Lawrence to the south-east. The peninsula includes the region of Labrador, part of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador; and the regions of Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Côte-Nord, and Nord-du-Québec, which are in the province of Quebec.It has an area of 1,400,000 sq km, and a population of about 150,000 in 2006 census


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