Labrador: its discovery, exploration, and development . ere doing whatthey liked with the fish. Lieutenant Chimmo foundby careful observation that the whole coast had beenplaced on the charts ten or eleven miles too far to theeastward. His only chart was that of Lane, drawn in1772, which he found very incorrect. The coast hadnot been surveyed since. When he reached Cape Har-rison he was informed that about 200 Newfoundlandvessels were fishing at Windy Tickle, 180 miles stillfarther north. He went into Aillik, where the HudsonBay Company had a station, and also called at Hope-dale. Coming south
Labrador: its discovery, exploration, and development . ere doing whatthey liked with the fish. Lieutenant Chimmo foundby careful observation that the whole coast had beenplaced on the charts ten or eleven miles too far to theeastward. His only chart was that of Lane, drawn in1772, which he found very incorrect. The coast hadnot been surveyed since. When he reached Cape Har-rison he was informed that about 200 Newfoundlandvessels were fishing at Windy Tickle, 180 miles stillfarther north. He went into Aillik, where the HudsonBay Company had a station, and also called at Hope-dale. Coming south he stopped at Indian Tickle, andwas given a glowing account of the Labrador fisheryby Mr. Warren (Matthew H.), who had his fishingrooms there. 3000 vessels were said to have passedthrough that well-known passage during the season, onthe voyage north and return south, and the number offishermen to have been 30,000. These seem ratherlarge figures, and I have been able to find no evidenceto support them. By the census of 1857 the population of Newfound-. THE BRITISH FISHERIES 415 land was found to be 122,000, which would indicateabout 40,000 men and boys. The number of schoonerswas 800, with crews approximately about 15,000 all due allowance for nine years increment, itdoes not seem possible that the Labrador fleet fromNewfoundland could have reached the figures given byMr. Warren. The merchants of St. Johns were much gratified atthe prompt way in which the Imperial Government hadcarried out their request for a survey of northern Labra-dor, and tendered Lieutenant Chimmo their best thanksfor his care in the matter. But it was not until 1876 that Commander Maxwellscharts, which gave the first reliable information aboutthe coast, were published. These charts are still in use. In i860. Sir Leopold McClintock, in Bulldog,was sent by the Imperial Government to survey a routefor the proposed North Atlantic Telegraph betweenGreat Britain and America. His course was via
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