. Newfoundland at the beginning of the 20th century : a treatise of history and development . ne. In winter the whole coast is block-aded with ice fields, drifting from Baffins Bay and other outletsof the Arctic Ocean, while in summer the glittering icebergs,stranded or floating, impart a stern beauty to its storm-beatenshore. Perhaps no country on the face of the globe is lessattractive as an abode of civilized man. Much of the surfaceof the country is covered with low mountains and barrenplateaus, on which are vast plains of moss, interspersed withrocks and boulders. At the heads of the bays
. Newfoundland at the beginning of the 20th century : a treatise of history and development . ne. In winter the whole coast is block-aded with ice fields, drifting from Baffins Bay and other outletsof the Arctic Ocean, while in summer the glittering icebergs,stranded or floating, impart a stern beauty to its storm-beatenshore. Perhaps no country on the face of the globe is lessattractive as an abode of civilized man. Much of the surfaceof the country is covered with low mountains and barrenplateaus, on which are vast plains of moss, interspersed withrocks and boulders. At the heads of the bays and fiords only,is there a large growth of timber, and along the margin ofsome of the rivers patches of cultivable land are to be found. 164 NEWFOUNDLAND. The Atlantic coast of Labrador is a grim and terrible wilder-ness, but having many scenes of awe-inspiring beauty. Theinterior is a vast table-land 2,000 feet above the sea-level,boulder-strewn, covered with caribou moss, and in the hollowsgrow stunted spruce, birch and aspen. Were it not for the fish that swarm in its waters, Labrador. Along the Country Road. would be left to the few tribes of Indians and Esquimaux whoroam over its desolate wastes; but such is the extraordinarywealth. of the adjacent seas that thousands of adventurousfishermen are annually found on its shores during its briefsummer. This migratory population numbers about 20, fixed population consists of white inhabitants who live insmall, widely-scattered settlements on the Atlantic and St. NEWFOUNDLAND 165 Lawrence coasts, and at the posts of the Hudson Bay northern coast is thinly peopled by wandering Esquimaux,among whom the Moravian missionaries have been laboring formore than a century with much success. Nomadic tribes ofIndians roam in the interior and are known as Montagnais, orMountaineers; the Nasquapee, the Mastassini and the SwampyCreek Indians. They are believed to be of Algonkin origin. Of late years Labrador has been visite
Size: 1822px × 1372px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookidnewfoundland, bookyear1902
