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Burgeo to Ramea ($4, 1½ hours) Departs twice per day; times do vary but there is
usually one at around 11am and another in the evening.
Burgeo to Grey River to François ($8.25, five hours) Goes daily (except Tuesday
and Thursday) at 1:45pm.
François to McCallum to Hermitage ($7.50, four hours) Departs on Thursday, but
only at 7am.
At Hermitage, you'll have to suss out transportation back to Rte 360. You can then
hook up with Thornhill Taxi Service ( Click here ) , which runs between Harbour Breton
and Grand Falls, and connects with DRL in the latter.
LABRADOR
POP 29,800
It's called the Big Land, and with 293,000 sq km sprawling north toward the Arctic
Circle, it's easy to see why. Undulating, rocky, puddled expanses form the sparse,
primeval landscape. If you ever wanted to see what the world looked like before humans
stepped on it, this is the place to head.
Inuit and Innu have occupied Labrador for thousands of years, and until the 1960s the
population was still limited to them and a few longtime European descendants known as
'liveyers.' They eked out an existence by fishing and hunting from their tiny villages that
freckled the coast. The interior was virgin wilderness.
Over the past few decades, the economic potential of Labrador's vast natural resources
has earned it a new degree of attention. Companies have tapped into the massive iron-ore
mines in Wabush and Labrador City and the hydroelectric dam at Churchill Falls. It
makes for a boom or bust economy, and right now it's booming big-time.
The simplest way to take a bite of the Big Land is via the Labrador Straits region,
which connects to Newfoundland via a daily ferry. From there, a solitary road - the stark,
rough Trans-Labrador Hwy - connects the interior's main towns. The aboriginal-influen-
ced northern coast is accessible only by plane or supply ferry.
Labrador is cold, wet and windy, and its bugs are murderous. Facilities are few and far
between throughout the behemoth region, so planning ahead is essential.
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