Commentaries about Labrador’s giant Brook trout have appeared over the years in magazines and books. For example, in McClane’s Standard Fishing Encyclopedia. the author writes about the big brookies of Labrador in the article on Brook trout.
Yet, usually the first question when you mention Labrador, is Where in the world is Labrador?
Mention Labrador without mentioning Canada, and the geographically compromised will say, Oh, down in South America, right?
So here’s a brief answer to this question plus a few words about Labrador itself.
Where in the world is LABRADOR?
A 16th century map shows a land called “Terra del Labrador” with this cryptic note:
This country was discovered by the people of the town of Bristol, and because he who first sighted land was a labourer from the island of the Azores, it was named …
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