America. The Northwest kanady
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Contrary to the northwest of Canada the most part of Labrador remains still not investigated. The beginning of XIX century in coastal areas and several points nearby to coast was visited by some separate expeditions from which it is necessary to note work a Poppy-lina, crossed in 1838 Labrador from Ungava bay to Hamilton inlet, and in 1839 seen falls grand õ«½Ñ on the river Hamilton. In 1861 X. Hajnd has got far into depth of Labrador from the south on the river Mojzi. However almost all our data on Labrador, except coasts, we are obliged to the big travel And. P.Lou made between 1884 and 1904 It has tracked watercourse Rupert from lake Mistassini to its confluence of the sea; investigated the rivers Ist-Mejp, Big and Kaniapiskau; has risen on a gulf and the river Hamilton to lake Small Sikapau and therefrom has proceeded on the south to the river St. Lavrentija at a confluence of it of the river Saint John; Has risen on the river Manikuagan to its sources and has made shooting of a way from lake Kliruoter to Ungava bay. Something to Laws made on the basis of work to cards was added also by others, but as it was brightly shown by a recent border dispute between Newfoundland and Quebec, the present research work has hardly begun, and internal Labrador remains actually unknown country.
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