Seen along the Labrador Highway
The principle (read that "ONLY") highway across Southern Labrador from Cartwright on the Atlantic Coast to Blanc Sablon in Quebec is 260 miles of dirt and gravel.  It's mostly straight and flat as it outlines the ocean and Gulf of St. Lawrence, with a few mountains plopped down strategically for good views of the offshore icebergs.  "Isolated" doesn't begin to describe the route.  For one stretch of 125 miles we saw only two other cars!  The natives moan and groan about how bad the road is and were shocked that we  drove the entire length...alone.  They even sell T-shirts that say "I survived the Labrador Highway."  (No I didn't buy.)

  

 

 

 

 
Signs, with no explanation needed

dog sleds used for logging morning view

black bear pelt one of many waterfalls
boardwalk (classified as an "easy" hike) to the top of Saddle Island
(That's the Labrador Highway directly across Red Bay.)

family fishing boats at Forteau fish nets

fishermen's living quarters ........  

  ........and final resting places
Mary's Harbour the name says it all

one of many fishing boat "graveyards" an old salt causeway at Port Hope Simpson

                   the entire town of L'anse Amour

remembering the wreck of the HMS Raleigh                    portrait of a Labrador fisherman
models of Viking whalers and a whale in -- all in real size -- at the Red Bay museum

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