Strait of Belle Isle

Strait of Belle Isle
Point Amour Lighthouse, Forteau Bay[1]
Map
LocationNewfoundland and Labrador
Coordinates51°30′N 56°30′W / 51.500°N 56.500°W / 51.500; -56.500
TypeStrait
Basin countriesCanada
Max. length125 km (78 mi)
Min. width15 km (9.3 mi)

The Strait of Belle Isle (/bɛl ˈaɪl/ bel EYEL; French: Détroit de Belle Isle [detʁwa d(ə) bɛl il])[2] is a waterway in eastern Canada, that separates Labrador from the island of Newfoundland, in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Location

The strait is located in the southeast of the Labrador peninsula,[3][4] it is the northern outlet for the Gulf of St. Lawrence, the other two being the Cabot Strait and Strait of Canso. As such, it is also considered part of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway system. The strait is approximately 125 kilometres (80 miles) long and ranges from a maximum width of 60 km (37 mi) to just 15 km (9 mi) at its narrowest, the average width being 18 km (11 mi).

Origins of name

The name is derived from the island of Belle Isle (French for "Beautiful Island"), which is at the extreme eastern end of the strait and roughly equidistant from Table Head, Labrador,[5] and Cape Bauld, Newfoundland.

History

Both the island of Newfoundland as well as the Labrador region which surrounds the Strait of Belle Isle have been inhabited by Indigenous Peoples for millennia. The surrounding land environment has historically been replete with caribou and other mammals. Harbour seals, grey seals, ringed seals and many other aquatic species are found in the strait itself.[6]

An unnamed manuscript references Viking nomenclature for Labrador and Newfoundland, (Markland and Vinland, respectively), and appears to note the existence of the Strait of Belle Isle: "And if such is the case, then an ocean flows into a strait between Markland and Vínland."[7]

Basque whalers visited the area throughout the 17th century and into the first decade of the 18th century, with the wreckage site of the San Juan at Red Bay dating as early as 1565.[8] Basque seafarers also came into contact with the Inuit, which either led to conflict or collaboration over sealing areas.[9]

Navigation in the strait can be extremely hazardous with strong tidal currents interacting with the Labrador Current, depths reaching several hundred metres in places, sea ice for 8 to 10 months of the year, and variable weather conditions including gales and fog. While sea ice prevents year-round shipping, the Canadian Coast Guard maintains a vessel traffic service (VTS) to ensure collisions do not occur. The VTS is voluntary currently.

A ferry service operates at the western part of strait between St. Barbe, Newfoundland, and Blanc Sablon, Quebec.[10] New road construction for the Trans-Labrador Highway resulted in the removal of ferry services to outports in the northeastern part of the strait in 2002.

Main article: Newfoundland-Labrador fixed link

The idea of building a fixed link across the strait between Labrador and Newfoundland, known as the Newfoundland-Labrador fixed link, has been raised[13] numerous times in recent decades[13] following an unsuccessful attempt to build a tunnel carrying electrical wires in the mid-1970s. If such a link were built, it would likely be a 17-kilometre-long (11 mi) submerged rail tunnel.[14] The proposal is meant to reduce the province's reliance upon the Marine Atlantic ferry service to Nova Scotia, but the project's high costs and lack of suitable road network between Labrador and Quebec have been cited as major obstacles.

In 1975, the Progressive Conservative government led by Frank Moores committed to building a tunnel across the strait. A hole was dug on the Labrador side and the government spent $75-million before the project was abandoned.[15][13]

The October 2003 provincial election resulted in the newly elected Progressive Conservative government announcing joint federal-provincial funding for a study of the concept.[14][13][16] A pre-feasibility report was released in February 2005, which concluded that a tunnel bored using tunnel boring machines, with an electric train shuttle to transport vehicles is the most technically and economically attractive option. The estimated construction cost of the fixed link was $1.2 billion (2004$) and total development cost of about $1.7 billion.[17]

In 2016, Premier Dwight Ball launched a new pre-feasibility study to determine the costs of a tunnel link between the island and Labrador.[18] The study released its results in April 2018, and concluded that a 16 km (10 mi) undersea rail tunnel connecting L'Anse Amour in southern Labrador and Yankee Point near Flower's Cove on the Northern Peninsula of Newfoundland could be constructed at a cost of C$1.65 billion.[19]

In their 2019 election platform, the Liberal Party of Canada indicated support for a National Infrastructure Fund, including the Newfoundland-Labrador fixed transportation link, likely linking Yankee Point, Newfoundland with Point Amour on the (Labrador) mainland.[20][21]

A 35 km (22 mi) submarine cable across the strait is under construction as part of the Lower Churchill Project.[22]

References

  1. ^ "Point Amour Lighthouse". Provincial Historic Sites. Retrieved 21 August 2024. Climb the 128 steps to the top of the lighthouse tower – the second tallest in Canada. Bring your binoculars to get a better view of icebergs and whales.
  2. ^ "Strait of Belle Isle". Gouvernement of Quebec (in French). Commission de Toponymy Quebec. 13 December 1988. Retrieved 14 August 2024. In addition to Grande Bay, this arm of the sea had notably borne the names of Friar Lewis, on maps from 1505, then Gulf of Chasteaulx, Charles Streights and Passage du Nord which a cartographer describes as "subject to Glaces" later in the 16th and during the 17th century.
  3. ^ François Trudel (2001). ""Indigenous people and the fur trade in the Quebec-Labrador peninsula"" (PDF). Les Presses de l’Université Laval (coll. “Historical Atlas of Quebec”). Centre interuniversitaire d’études québécoises (CIEQ). pp. 3 of 52. Retrieved 27 August 2024. The Peninsula of Quebec-Labrador, sometimes also called Ungava, Labrador, Ungava-Labrador or, politically, New Quebec and Labrador, is a vast territory of approximately one million square kilometers.
  4. ^ "Quebec Labrador Peninsula". Gouvernement of Quebec. Commission de Toponymy Quebec. 18 June 1993. Retrieved 23 August 2024. Over the years, many variations of the name have been used: Terraagricule (1558); Land of Labor (1575); Estotilandt (1597) or Estotilande (1656); Terra Cortereale (1597); New Britain (1656).
  5. ^ "Labrador peninsula (Toponymy)". Gouvernement of Quebec (in French). Commission de Toponymy Quebec. 18 June 1993. Retrieved 31 August 2024. Over the years, many variations have been used: Terraagricule (1558); Land of Labor (1575); Estotilandt (1597) or Estotilande (1656); Terra Cortereale (1597); New Britain (1656).
  6. ^ Tuck, James; Mcghee, Robert (1975). "Archaic Cultures in the Strait of Belle Isle Region, Labrador". Arctic Anthropology. 12 (2): 76–91. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  7. ^ Jakobsson, Sverrir (Winter 2012). "Vínland and Wishful Thinking: Medieval and Modern Fantasies". Canadian Journal of History. 47 (3): 503. doi:10.3138/cjh.47.3.493. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  8. ^ Bell, John (1986). "Underwater Stereophotogrammetric Recording: A Pilot Project: Red Bay, Labrador". Bulletin of the Association for Preservation Technology. 18 (1/2): 112–114. doi:10.2307/1494089. JSTOR 1494089. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  9. ^ Loewen, Brad (2017). "The World of Capitena Ioannis: Basques and Inuit in the Seventeenth Century". Canadian Journal of Archaeology. 41 (2): 173–211. JSTOR 44875657.
  10. ^ Ferry route
  11. ^ "The Bella Desgagnés". Relais Nordik. Retrieved 23 August 2024. ... to better stabilize the ship, containers and other cargo, anti-roll tanks have been installed in addition to stabilizers to improve passenger comfort in rough seas.
  12. ^ a b c "St. Barbe – Blanc Sablon (Strait of Belle Isle Area)". MyGovNL and Online Services. Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, Transportation and Infrastructure ministry. Retrieved 22 August 2024. MV Qajaq W ferry: Automobiles: 120 vehicles, including 8 tractor trailers Passengers: 300
  13. ^ a b c d Cox, Kevin (February 12, 2001). "Newfoundland's tunnel dream". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
  14. ^ a b "Now let's dig an expensive hole: A plan for an improbable tunnel finds backers". The Economist. November 27, 2003. Retrieved August 31, 2015.
  15. ^ "Newfoundland-Labrador link pegged at $1.5-billion". The Globe and Mail. January 20, 2004. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
  16. ^ "Fixed link feasible, Williams says". CBC News. February 28, 2005. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
  17. ^ "Government of Newfoundland and Labrador releases Fixed Link Pre-Feasibility Report". Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. February 28, 2005. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
  18. ^ "Government to Explore Tunnel Viability Between Island and Labrador". VOCM. May 7, 2016. Archived from the original on May 8, 2016. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
  19. ^ "$1.65B underwater rail link between Newfoundland and Labrador could work, study finds". CBC News. April 11, 2018. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
  20. ^ Cameron, Grant (21 November 2019). "Newfoundland to Labrador fixed link has new legs". Daily Commercial News. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  21. ^ "N.L. tunnel advocate frustrated by fixed link study". The Telegram. April 18, 2018. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
  22. ^ "Labrador-Island Link and Transmission Assets". Nalcor Energy. Retrieved August 31, 2015.

Further reading

  • Auger, Réginald. Labrador Inuit and Europeans in the Strait of Belle Isle From the Written Sources to the Archæological Evidence. Collection Nordicana, no 55. Québec, Canada: Centre d'études nordiques, Université Laval, 1991.
  • Bailey, W. B., and H. B. Hachey. Hydrographic Features of the Strait of Belle Isle. St. Andrews, N.B.: Atlantic Oceanographic Group, 1951.
  • Bock, Allan. Out of Necessity The Story of Sealskin Boots in the Strait of Belle Isle. Shoal Cove East, Nfld: GNP Craft Producers, 1991.
  • Bostock, H. H., L. M. Cumming, and Harold Williams. Geology of the Strait of Belle Isle Area, Northwestern Insular Newfoundland, Southern Labrador, and Adjacent Quebec. Ottawa, Canada: Geological Survey of Canada, 1983. ISBN 0-660-10608-6
  • Dawson, W. Bell. The Currents in Belle Isle Strait, the Northern Entrance to the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The Bulletin of the Geographical Society of Philadelphia, No. 1-2, January–April, 1920. Philadelphia: The Society, 1920.
  • Jeffers, George W. Observations on the Cod-Fishery in the Strait of Belle Isle. Toronto: Biological Board of Canada, 1931.
  • LeGrow, Keith Herbert. Distribution of Marine Birds in Relation to Water Masses and Fronts in the Strait of Belle Isle, Northwestern Atlantic Ocean. Ottawa: National Library of Canada, 2001. ISBN 0-612-54902-X
  • May, A. W. Biological Data on Cod from the Summer Fishery on the North Shore Strait of Belle Isle. [Ottawa]: Fisheries Research Board of Canada, 1968.
  • McGhee, Robert, and James A. Tuck. An Archaic Sequence from the Strait of Belle Isle, Labrador. Mercury series. Ottawa: National Museums of Canada, 1975.
  • Tuck, James A. Newfoundland and Labrador Prehistory. Ottawa: National Museums of Canada, Archaeological Survey of Canada, 1976.
  • Murphy, Joe. The Strait of Belle Isle Fixed Link. 2004.
  • Ney, C. H. Triangulation in Newfoundland, West Coast and Strait of Belle Isle. Ottawa: Edmond Cloutier, 1948.
  • Sobieniak, J. W. A Study of Air Services Across the Strait of Belle Isle. Ottawa: Canadian Transport Commission, Systems Analysis Branch, 1972.
  • Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Belle Isle, Strait of" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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