Newfoundland and Labrador Road Map, Canada.
Scale 1:800,000/1:300,000. Size 27"x39". International Travel Maps edition.
The easternmost part of Canada is also its newest part and the oldest British colony. Generations before Jamestown was thought of for colonization, Newfoundland was a valued commercial entity of Britain. Before that, it was a Norse settlement and the only known Norse permanent settlement ever discovered in North America.
Today, the province consists of two parts – the island of Newfoundland and the mainland entity called Labrador; hence, the joint name of the map. Side one is the island of Newfoundland, which can only be reached by air or by ship. Ferries operate from Nova Scotia to two destinations on the island, and there is a separate ferry from Quebec to the northern tip of the island.
This side also includes the French Overseas Territory of St. Pierre et Miquelon and an inset of St. John’s, the provincial capital. Side 2 concentrates on Labrador, a much larger geographical entity. Most of Labrador is inaccessible for the average traveler, but the brand-new Trans-Labrador Highway has recently been paved and makes access much easier than even a few years ago.
This paved highway can be accessed from Newfoundland by the ferry from St. Barbe to Alse, in Quebec. A paved highway leads east and then north to Happy Valley/Goose Bay and then westward to Labrador City, the only significant urban area in Labrador. The trip would take two long days of driving, but is a unique experience.
The paved highway then extends into Quebec and, while half of it was still being paved when we drove it, the trip south to Baie-Comeau is a travel adventure. For the first time, a traveler can enter the province from Nova Scotia, drive on good roads all the way to Quebec and continue west to Montreal.
Scale 1:800,000/1:300,000. Size 27"x39". International Travel Maps edition.
Britain’s oldest colony evolved into Canada’s newest province in 1949. The island now called Newfoundland was first settled by Norsemen exploring westward from Iceland, somewhere around 1000AD, some five centuries before some Johnny-come-lately named Columbus discovered the Caribbean.
LAnse aux Meadows can still be visited in the northern tip of the island. Bristol fishermen used the island as a base long before the first ‘explorer’ arrived in 1534. St. John’s, the capital, was founded in 1604, making it the second oldest city in North America. The island is also famous for its historic fishing villages, and as a bonus, the map includes the French territory of St. Pierre et Miquelon, which can be reached by ferry from Grand Bank.
The island itself can be reached by ferries from Nova Scotia (approx. 6 hours) and from Labrador. The second side of the map shows the extremely large and remote portion of the province called Labrador. Basic road connections now join it to the island at two spots, and one can travel across Labrador from Goose Bay to Labrador City on an all-weather gravel road, with an onward link to Sept-Isles in Quebec.
The rest of Labrador is accessible only by air and coastal steamer. The extreme far north of Labrador was ceded to Nunavut, which has a small community on Ungava Bay.
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