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- noun a peninsular region of eastern Canada between Hudson Bay and the Labrador Sea; contains most of Quebec and the mainland part of Newfoundland and Labrador
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Hamilton Inlet, or Ionektoke, as the Esquimaus call it, is the outlet to the largest river on the Labrador Peninsula, and of great importance to commerce, Rigolet, the headquarters of the Hudson Bay
Scientific American Supplement No. 822, October 3, 1891 Various
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They are closely allied and considerably intermixed with the cognate Nascapee who wander generally farther inland in the interior of the Labrador Peninsula but frequent the same mission and trading stations along the St. Lawrence.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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H.Y. Hind, in Explorations in the Interior of the Labrador Peninsula
The Complete Works of Whittier John Greenleaf Whittier 1849
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H.Y. Hind, in Explorations in the Interior of the Labrador Peninsula
Narrative and Legendary Poems: Pennsylvania Pilgrim and Others From Volume I., the Works of Whittier John Greenleaf Whittier 1849
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H.Y. Hind, in Explorations in the Interior of the Labrador Peninsula
Narrative and Legendary Poems, Complete Volume I., the Works of Whittier John Greenleaf Whittier 1849
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