Labrador - Timeline

Timeline

  • 11th century: Probably visited by Leif Ericson. See Markland.
  • 1498: Sighted by João Fernandes Lavrador, who gave "Labrador" its name
  • 1498: Visited by John Cabot
  • 1500: Visited by Gaspar Corte-Real
  • 1534: Visited by Jacques Cartier
  • 1763: Labrador is transferred from the French colony Canada to the British colony Newfoundland as per the Treaty of Paris.
  • 1774: Labrador is transferred (along with Anticosti Island and the Magdalen Islands) to the Province of Quebec.
  • 1791: Labrador becomes part of Lower Canada when Quebec is divided into two colonies.
  • 1792: George Cartwright publishes his Journal of Transactions and Events, During a Residence of Nearly Sixteen Years on the Coast of Labrador.
  • 1809: Labrador (from Cape Chidley to the mouth of the Saint-Jean River) is transferred back to Newfoundland.
  • 1825: The north shore of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence west of Blanc-Sablon, Quebec, and south of 52° north is separated from Labrador and transferred back to Lower Canada.
  • 1892: Wilfred Grenfell, medical missionary and social activist, first came to Labrador.
  • 1927: The Labrador boundary dispute is settled.
  • 1941: Canada builds the air base at Goose Bay.
  • 1949: Labrador becomes part of Canada when Newfoundland joins Confederation.
  • 1964: The province's government began to refer to itself as the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador,
  • 2001: The province officially changes its name to Newfoundland and Labrador by a Canadian constitutional amendment.
  • 2007: The province and Federal Government of Canada sign an agreement to establish Nunatsiavut

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