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===South Coast=== ====NunatuKavut==== From Hamilton Inlet to [[Cape St. Charles]]/[[St. Lewis, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. Lewis]], [[NunatuKavut]] is the territory of the [[NunatuKavummiut]] or Central-Southern Labrador Inuit (formerly known as the Labrador [[Métis]]).<ref name="unveiling_nunatukavut">{{cite web |url=http://www.nunatukavut.ca/home/files/pg/unveiling_nunatukavut.pdf |title=Unveiling Nunatukavut |first1=D. Bruce |last1=Clarke |first2=Gregory E. |last2=Mitchell |date=2010 |website=NunatuKavut Community Council |access-date=March 28, 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328075057/http://www.nunatukavut.ca/home/files/pg/unveiling_nunatukavut.pdf |archive-date=March 28, 2019}}</ref> It includes portions of Central and Western Labrador, but more NunatuKavummiut reside in its South Coast portion: it is peppered with tiny Inuit fishing communities, of which [[Cartwright, Newfoundland and Labrador|Cartwright]] is the largest. ====The Labrador Straits==== From Cape Charles to the Quebec/Labrador coastal border, the Straits is known for its Labrador sea grass (as is NunatuKavut) and the multitude of icebergs that pass by the coast via the [[Labrador Current]]. [[File:Red Bay, Labrador, 2021.jpg|thumb|[[Red Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador|Red Bay]], Labrador]] [[Red Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador|Red Bay]] is known as one of the best examples of a preserved 16th-century [[Basque people|Basque]] whaling station. It is also the location of four 16th-century Spanish galleons. The [[lighthouse]] at [[Point Amour Lighthouse|Point Amour]] is the second-largest lighthouse in Canada. [[MV Kamutik]], a passenger ferry between the mainland and [[St. Barbe, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. Barbe]] on the island of [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]], is based in [[Blanc Sablon, Quebec]], near the Labrador border.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-02-25 |title=MV Apollo crashes into Quebec dock just weeks after it left Labrador |work=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/mv-apollo-damaged-godbout-1.5032969 |access-date=2022-01-07 |archive-date=2021-11-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211113071219/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/mv-apollo-damaged-godbout-1.5032969 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[L'Anse-au-Loup]] is the largest town on the Labrador Straits.<ref name="cp16">{{cite web |title=L'Anse au Loup, T [Census subdivision], Newfoundland and Labrador and Canada [Country] (table) Census Profile |url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=1010002&Geo2=PR&Code2=01&Data=Count&SearchText=L%27Anse%20au%20Loup&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&TABID=1&B1=All |website=2016 Census |publisher=Statistics Canada |access-date=27 February 2018 |language=en}}</ref> [[L'Anse-au-Clair]] is a small town on the Labrador side of the border.
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