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Wednesday, August 27, 2003 we have a beautiful day to travel in Labrador. We travel on the Road of Labrador of Freezes. Our first stop was the Liaison of THE Handle, the site of a grave 7,500 old years. This was found by a student group that thought that the boulder model was completely curious. Under the boulder they found a child of enshrouded of about twelve, face in under, paints in red with a flat boulder on the more bottom of return. The associated objects with burial include a defense of morse, a number of rock and points of projectile of bone, a sifflet of bone of bird, paint tools grating, a horn pendentif, a harpoon of swing and an eagle of decorated ivory.

Is in the future the Headlight of Liaison, the biggest one to Newfoundland Province. Even his presence did not stop the boats of the shores traitors. In 1922, the HMS Raleigh, a 12,000 cruisers of Ton, avoiding an iceberg, failed itself. Its debris are scattered on the shore. During the second World War two boats have entered in collision in dense fog in the narrow ones, because there was a warning of an u-bateau in the sector. Ironically two other boats were lost in the narrow ones that the day also, but in a different sector. The Etroit of Ilot of Beauty is not only an avenue of iceberg, but also an avenue of shipwreck.

On the road to the archaeologists of Red Bay always discover the first factory of industrial whaling in the world. Been founded in the 1540 by the fishermen of Basque, sector between France and of Spain, the whale oil was used to illuminate Europe. During his summit, whaling more than 2,500 in Labrador, produces roughly 20,000 barrels of oils yearly. Usage Chalupas, a boat not a sandwich, they harpooned the just whales and brought them to earth to treat. In the harbor on the Ile of hollow archeological Saddle is still in the process. A lot of objects are exposed in the local museum, including the pieces of the debris Of The San Juan, a boat of whaling, found close to the modern debris of the Bernier, take in the same type of associated storms with the Coast of Labrador. A lot of sites exist on the continent, but was not explored, because they are on the private property. The industry of Basque is dead around 1600, because of their engagement with the Spanish Armada.

To the Red Bay, the paved road finishes. A new road of gravel takes to Cartwright, opening the coastal cities for tourism and the commercial development. After traveling of almost 40 km on the road, we parked for the night to one of the numerous gravia¨res used for the construction of the roadbed.

Today we spent six hours driving the road of gravel of the Red Bay to Cartwright, a distance of 312 kilometers or 187 miles. The road is roughly ten wide yards and is will even cared for. Speed maximum is 70 kph or 42 miles per hour. All sweep in the street of the perspectives of forest of pine and the mountains, akin something to the driving of the Passage of the north by the Adirondacks. Roughly 80 kilometers of Cartwright are the junction for the planned road to the Bay of Goose of an additional one 250 kilometers.

Most of the cities alongside the road are jumped by the new road. There are few services on the road himself. In the Bay of Lodging, the gas and the various items are available to Mona A Stop; non-Diesel. Diesel is available to the Harbor of Mary to C &the amplifier; Self-propelled J. St. Mary is the boarding point for the Ile of Harbor of Fight and the Historic National Neighborhood. Known as the capital "not official" of Labrador, the Harbor of Fight was a major basis for the fishing of salty cod in Labrador during the nineteenth century. The sector appears enough a lot of as it did in 1909. The fishing continued until the years 90 and then was donated to the people. Until the road coming this year the island was rather inaccessible, except by boat. Today the interpreters in the traditional dress direct the tourist by a harbor of typical fishing of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Housing is available for the night stays.

50 k. Harbor of Mary is Simpson of Hope of Harbor on the beautiful River of Alexis. The restaurants, sleeping housing, supply and a hospital is available there. This is the last track of civilization for the next one 187 k. There are very few places to extinguish the road to rest. Most of the people park just alongside the road. Most of the circulation met was the construction vehicles alongside a 50 lengthening of k.

The roads in Cartwight are in the complete constraste to the road: rutted and rippled. We parked with the other caravans to the area of parking of window, localized close to the pool.

Spent a day calms in Cartwright. We brought up the Mister Robert (not James) Ferry of Link to 4:30 for one 7:00 veils. The boat was full to full yield, everyone returning to the house of the vacation or taking advantage to the maximum of a three weekend of day before to return to instruct or work. The boat is far of luxurious one. During the night a lot of persons, that had not a piece of size of placard of broom, dormie on the bridge. The thing more strange of the boat is the food service. The cafeteria was opened only to 6:30, ½ the hour before to sail. Only the snacks and the bar were opened during the sail himself. Wanted to see the Wunderstrand, a mile a boundary of beach of long white sand for the Viking, a two trip of day of the Meadows of the Handle. The time we arrived to the Point of coast and Pork edpic, the sun had already regulated. After a funny night on climbs the ferry, we put to quay to the Goose Valley Bay Happy, NF. We awakened to a typical day of Labrador: obscured, to wet itself, and cool.

Our first stop was the center of Visitor, that was closed: opened only Monday sees. I guess the people forget that a people flood detaches a boat every Saturday between 8:00 and 9:00 IS, that could like some city information. We had heard that RVs was allowed parking in the area of parking of city hall. But we did not know where that was and our card did not show it. We decided to go to a Tim Horton, think Dunkin' the Doughnuts in the States, and is needed the nutrition, a cup of Java, and some necessary directions. Having obtained and some good counsel of the local one that had been on the boat with us, we out were directed the door, when we heard shouted, "CHICAGO"? I carried my Jacket of Roadway of Heights of Chicago. We turned ourselves and met a couple of Chicago. It worked for Serco, the meteorological pronostiqueurs to the air base. After spending some time in the conversation, it asked us if we wanted an opportunities turn. The Greek choir roared out one to resound, "YES".

The airport of Bay of goose was once one of the air bases military officers more significant in North America. The United States constructed a medga-piste, a long time enough to land any airplane and employed once 16,000 personnel as a basis of POCKET until 1991. In the years 80 one of the spatial shuttles used the track for a landing track. We were escorted to the provident time the tower and given a turn of the cook of the opportunities. The ease is divided in three sections, : the observation, military briefing, and foresee. They are responsible of the observation and meteorological reports of a 240 sectors of diameter of K, the size of New England less Maine. We were incapable climb in the adjacent tower of air. The army of the British air, the Army of the air of Royal British, had the intention to begin low level to fly the maneuvers in some minutes. We had lacked the party of an AWACS United States scrapes an hours of couple there is. We took out on the bridge and looked at as the airplanes of fighter of Tornado have left the track, afterburners on and a scream stunning in their continuation; a spectacle rather fascinating. Between to leave a throw of landed RCMP and to have rolled in front of we. The smaller others airplanes of advertising divided also the track. In of other terms, the Bay of Goose is a living entity vibrating. Also the usage of the opportunities are the Army of the German air (Luftwafte), and Canada 5 steering Wheels.

On the basis is a Canex, as a PX in the States. Do not import that can go shopping here. What does this unique place is the big variety of available food for Labrador. The specialty items are flown in of Germany and Great Britain, giving a sensation to the military officers and to the women of the house. The German club has a restaurant opens to the local citizens, but is closed for them even after the season of tourist to mid-September.

A sunny day in Labrador. We saw tracks of hike in a pamphlet for the Stream of Birch Club of Nordic Skiing. The tracks are well cared for and cross different types of ecosystems of forest. An aspen tree has the scars from which a bear tried the climbing it. At the top of one of the hills, Boulders on duty called, we should have a picturesque view of Melville of Lake and the vicinity. Alongside the track saw us fresh piles of black bear ouste. We knew that the it was the black bear, because of the preponderance of blueberries and because of crackerberries in him. There was enough them to do the traffic jam. NOT! ! !

We continued the unity to the North River and west Sheshitiu more alongside Melville of Lake almost twenty-five miles lake down below. The cities are separated by a river and an abyss of cultural differences. Sheshitiu is Innui and is a community of emigration of the hunter/gatherers of Canada of the north. They hold the earth in common and has the small concept of possessions and the private permanence of residences. The this is a city travel you by, but not to want to remain. Your possessions are supposed to be the community property and if are treated as thus. On the other side of the river lives the Innuit and the Hybrid one. Etonnamment there is not restaurant in city, just a store of nutrition. What the city has the offer is of beautiful beaches and the beautiful tracks. There are also two important museums there: the Museum of Labrador and the Center of Interpretation of Labrador.

The Museum of Labrador is divided in four sections: the method of life of hunters/gatherers, commercial Corporation of Bay of Hudson, the Work of Mission of Medical Grenfell among the population, and the Expedition of Hubbard of the Interior of 1903. We spent about an hour looks at there the expositions.

The Center of Interpretation of Labrador was opened by Elizabeth of Queen II in 1997. A modern building with the objects thousands of old years of the different peuplades regulating Labrador. Exposed is a kayak in skin of seal of 100 years, that always appeared rather usable. The model models were true people of Labrador. The Center has also a big public studio that shows two films of the different sections of Labrador.

In road to the house diminished us Hotel of Aurora and took the telephone by satellite for our trip to the Falls of Churchill tomorrow. This is a free service, obtained by a credit card, on a twenty-four basis of hour, that foresees that you can contact the RCMP in case of an urgency.

Before to leave Bay of Goose on our trip to the Falls of Churchill and beyond, we had heard about the art work to the Labrador Centers Medical almost hundred yards of ourselves. The people had reason. The art work is beautiful. Diana Dabinett, an artist of the St. John to do a collection of hangings of painted silk painting different aspects of Labrador: the birds, sea life, the animals, and the landscapes. These hang in the cafeteria with the big paint to the oil of different scenes of Labrador: coastal, the water falls, the tree clothed mountains. Alongside the corridors are folk sculptures facts by the peuplades of Innu and Innuit. All the signs in the hospital are written in three languages: The English, Innu, and Innuit.

With the telephone by satellite in hand, of went us for the 180 adventures of mile alongside the road of gravel of Rte 500. Speed maximum is 70 kph (42 miles per hour). The road is well maintained but always brutally. We saw two files treating on the part different of the road.. The views are black cared for forests with the aspens, the birches, and the other trees of fir sprinkled. The ground cover principally is Foams it Caribou; really a lichen. Close to the Metchin of the East River is the Zone of Hunt of Caribou of ORMA. Of the road side can see you that the caribou remainder, that was killed for the sport: the clogs, the bones, etc.

We attained the Falls of Churchill after six hours of driving. We did in average the miles of environ-trente five by the hour. This included the frequent stops of rest. We did not want to run by the sector, because of the pothole presence, etc.

We continued a turn of the hydro-edlectrique of Falls of Churchill Plants it Underground. This plant is the biggest underground plant in the world, the seventh bigger electric producer in the world, using eleven turbines to produce enough 60% of the electricity for the Province of Quebec and all Labrador. We took a more than nine elevator hundred feet in the foundation, where the boulder is more of 3.000.000.000 (three billion) the old, certain year of the oldest boulder in the world. I cannot probe this number. The trip to Labrador is worth just taking this plant turn, an unknown prodigy of the world. The water reservoir used for the production is the size of the province of New Brunswick. It takes three days for the water to flow of him to attain the underground turbines.

The city himself is one of the few cities of business still in the existence. The whole lodging and the other opportunities are possessed and are worked by the CFLCL, except the only station service, and the complex of restaurant of hotel. The library for a city of single 650 persons is completely vast and more is opened than any any library to Newfoundland Province, including the St. John. The city is a big place to work, but not to take the retirement. The winters challenge completely: -40° francs and until fifteen feet of snow yearly. Most of the people have the intention to remain only five years, but to remain because they become enamoured with the north Country lives. Most of the people buy the truck trucks, the snow-bikes (the one by the family member), the canoes, the dinghys automobiles, and the other entertaining toys adults. To leave to meet the same people while to work, the races, pray, etc., they construct a telephone booth on the move. All is subsidized by the business, including the food (the same prices as the St. Johnae™s), the lodging, and the freight transportation costs.

The guide mentioned to obtain a leaf on the road conditions to the City of Labrador, that slipped completely our spirits. We recalled to take ourselves the next telephone by satellite, for which we are truly recognizant. The road to the City of Labrador was an adventure. Some places could go you fifty miles per hour, but then, almost immediately you hit a collection of road of board to wash, that reduced your speed unless fifteen miles per hour. There are files out to improve the road, but there is of nothing to improve since most of the first layer already was removed while scratching

We were very lucky during our 160 trip of mile. We lost only the cork to our connection of pipe of sewer and broke a glass of wine. All was covered with a good puts to bed dust. We wanted that an adventure and our wish was filled. We always could speak to every other enough politely -- with a little effort.

We went to visit the City of Wabush and Labrador, the two cities were incorporated the last years 60 and the early years 70 because of the deposits in iron. Came first the iron way of September iles, PQ. Later the road was constructed Bay Comeau.

The turns of the whole expression finished on Fridays before Day of Work. Again we were some too last days. We saw some explosions. The series of expression of Wabash the one of 12:15. The it was small. The ICC mine released nevertheless a big the one about an hour later.