Encyclopedia > Belle Isle (Newfoundland and Labrador)
An island, 52 square kilometres in area, 16 km long and 5 km wide, located at 52º01'N latitude 55º17'W longitude. Officially uninhabited, there is some seasonal occupation during fishing season. The Strait of Belle Isle is named after it.
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Strait of Belle Isle ecoregion (http://www.heritage.nf.ca/environment/belle_isle.html)
Newfoundland and Labrador, one of the four Atlantic provinces of Canada, consisting of the island of Newfoundland and, on the mainland, a coastal portion of the Labrador region.
The Labrador portion (296,860 sq km/114,618 sq mi) is separated from the island by the Strait of BelleIsle; it is bounded on the east by the Atlantic Ocean and on the south and west by Quebec.
Newfoundland and Labrador, with a total area of 405,720 sq km (156,649 sq mi), is the seventh largest province in Canada.
Attached to Newfoundland is Labrador, on the mainland, with an area of 110,000 square miles.
Newfoundland is an island on the eastern side of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, roughly triangular in form, with an area of 42,734 square miles; slightly greater than that of Ohio.
Labrador is the mainland territory of the island province of Newfoundland and lies along the North Atlantic coast between the St. Lawrence and Hudson Strait, far to the north.
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