Colin's Hut
The place
Colin's Hut in the Central Labrador district, Happy Valley-Goose Bay/Northwest River area (subarctic central Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada), at 294 m elevation, in the northern boreal forest. Part of a continuous Canada Labrador cluster (batches 260-370). A private traditional trapping/hunting cabin (surname Colin, a Labrador settler + Happy Valley-Goose Bay, 7,500 residents, the largest town in central Labrador + Northwest River, historic Hudson's Bay Company post, 1743, a fur-trade trading post + North West River Museum, 5000 BC, Labrador Innu Indigenous heritage + heritage of the Innu (an Algonquian people, 20,000, speaking Innu-aimun, Sheshatshiu/Innu Nation) + relocation from Davis Inlet in 1948, then to Natuashish in 2002, a social crisis of alcoholism/suicide + Torngat Mountains National Park, established 2005, co-managed with the Nunatsiavut Inuit, 9,700 km² + Nunatsiavut self-government, established 2005, Innu Nation Labrador self-determination governance, 2008 Treaty land claims).
The setting
Central Labrador, Happy Valley-Goose Bay/NW River, subarctic central Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, 294 m, northern boreal forest, continuous cluster batches 260-370, private trapping/hunting cabin, surname Colin, settler + Happy Valley-GB 7,500 residents, largest town in central Labrador + NW River, HBC post 1743, fur trade + NW River Museum 5000 BC, Innu heritage, Innu Algonquian people 20,000, Innu-aimun, Sheshatshiu/Innu Nation + relocation from Davis Inlet 1948 to Natuashish 2002, social crisis + Torngat Mountains National Park 2005, Nunatsiavut Inuit, 9,700 km² + Nunatsiavut self-government 2005, self-determination, 2008 Treaty land claims.
