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canadian a Cp DC ~ Labrador (1918-). Comb canadian-labrador: the
north shore of the Gulf of St Lawrence west from Blanc Sablon.
1894 MOTT 105 [Whiteley] proceeded to Bonne Esperance, Straits of
Belle Isle, Canadian Labrador, intending to remain there a year. 1919
GRENFELL2 139 At Blanc Sablon, on the north coast in the Straits of Belle
Isle, the Canadian Labrador begins, so far as the coast-line is concerned. 1942 Little
Bay Islands 14 Some skippers went in the Straits, Canadian Labrador, in the vicinity
of Greenly Island, in the early summer, and if they got sufficient fish would come home
and then go to Northern Labrador. 1946 MACKAY (ed) 181 The terms Canadian-Labrador
and Newfoundland-Labrador were once very common and are still frequently used
in Newfoundland. The Canadian-Labrador, a stretch of coastline from the St John River in
the Province of Quebec (later from Mt Joli) to Blanc Sablon, is now part of the Province
of Quebec, and the term Labrador ... is officially restricted to the Newfoundland
territory on the mainland.
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