Friggle Rock Cabin
The place
Friggle Rock Cabin in the Central Labrador district, Labrador City/Fermont area (Churchill River basin, Big Land western Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada), at 616 m elevation, subarctic boreal taiga. Continuous Canada Labrador cluster (batches 260-390, 2 listings). Trapping/prospecting cabin, Labrador (Friggle Rock toponym + Labrador City 8,000 residents mining town for iron, Iron Ore Company of Canada IOC 1958 + Churchill Falls 5,428 MW dam 1974 3rd largest hydroelectric plant in Canada + Innu/Naskapi heritage (historic Algonquian people, Innu Ekuanitshit Mingan Nation 500 + Naskapi 1,500 innu-aimun/naskapi language + relocation Davis Inlet 1948 then Natuashish 2002 alcoholism/suicide social crisis + Nunatsiavut Inuit 2005 self-government + iconic Basque whalers Red Bay UNESCO 2013 1550-1600 400+ Basques whale hunting historic iconic Straits of Belle Isle).
The setting
Central Labrador Labrador City/Fermont Churchill basin Big Land W Labrador NL Canada 616 m subarctic boreal taiga, continuous cluster batches 260-390 2 listings, trapping/prospecting cabin Friggle Rock + Labrador City 8,000 mining iron IOC 1958 + Churchill Falls 5,428 MW 1974 3rd largest hydro CA, Innu/Naskapi Algonquian Innu Ekuanitshit Mingan 500 + Naskapi 1,500 innu-aimun/naskapi + Davis Inlet 1948 Natuashish 2002 social crisis + Nunatsiavut 2005 self-government + Basque whalers Red Bay UNESCO 2013 1550-1600 400+ Basques whale hunting historic Straits of Belle Isle.
