This heritage, shaped by centuries of Newfoundland's isolated, maritime way of life, has produced a vibrant, Bay Roberts. 50 Elizabeth Avenue Royalties and employment would also decline. Established in 1823 with a special concern for educating Newfoundland's poor, by the early 1840s this society had nondenominational schools in many towns and outports. The geographic location of Newfoundland and Labrador has significantly influenced the development of the economy. Its total area is 405, 720 km2, of which Labrador makes up almost Miquelon. Please enable JavaScript to improve your experience. CAPPs 2021 forecast shows Canadian natural gas and oil companies will increase capital spending by $3 billion, helping drive economic growth. The denominational education system is protected in the Terms of Union (1948). The cottage hospital system, initiated by the Commission government in 1936, was designed to bring a high standard of health Nevertheless, women were eventually allowed to settle on the island once it became apparent that having small settlements could prove even more advantageous for the fishing industry. Summers, W. (2021). Today, provincial newspapers, both in print and online, include: the Telegram, the Western Star, the Independent and le Gaboteur. Roads were local, narrow and generally unpaved. A section of the Trans-Canada Highway crosses Newfoundland, generally following the route of the old rail line. In 2004, the Inuit won the right to self-government. painters such as David Blackwood, and Christopher and Mary Pratt, theatre groups such as the Petroleum Exploration Enhancement Program, Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB), Hydrocarbon Discoveries Offshore Newfoundland and Labrador, Publications Mines and Mineral Development, Online Mineral Licence Staking and Maintenance, Guidelines for Exploration and Assessment Reporting, Mineral Exploration Assessment Reports (Geofiles), Properties for Option from Prospectors of Newfoundland and Labrador, Explore Newfoundland and Labrador Commodity Posters, Aspects of Mining in Newfoundland and Labrador, Capacity Building and Opportunity Management, Clean Technology and Environmental Industries, Information and Communications Technology, Publications Electricity and Renewable Energy, Economic Development and Growth Enterprise Program (EDGE), Prospectors Grants, Training & Application Forms, Junior Exploration Assistance Program (JEA). The UArctic network brings together . (See also Geography of Newfoundland and Labrador.). The eastern parts contain tundra with permafrost.Some of the mountains in the North are permanently covered in ice.South of the treeline, particularly in Yukon and the Mackenzie River basin, grow vast, rich forests. Balsam fir predominates as the most common tree in Newfoundland and the second most common in Labrador. Labrador is bordered to the north and east by the Labrador Sea (northwestern arm of the Atlantic Ocean) and to the south and west by the province of Quebec. War between England and France broke out in 1689 and continued with only a short respite until 1713. Called the Nunatsiavut Government, the settlement area is in Northern Labrador and includes five Inuit communities: the Nain, Hopedale, Rigolet, Makkovik and Postville.