Labrador… The Big Land

Labrador… The Big Land

We stopped first at the ‘Newfoundland and Labrador… ‘Welcome to the Big Land’ sign for requisite photos… and had a little breakfast before embarking on the next leg of our trip. We congratulated each other for arriving In Labrador then shot off down the highway.

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Visiting Fort William and Ontario Roadside Attractions

Located on the shores of the Kaministiguia River, Fort William was not a military installation, but rather the inland headquarters of the North West Company (NWC). In 1815, the NWC was the world’s largest fur trading enterprise with trading posts that stretched across what is now Canada. A meeting of cultures took place as Scottish businessmen, French-Canadian voyageurs and indigenous people came together to trade goods, information and services.

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