Labrador City, Newfoundland and Labrador
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Labrador City is a small town in western Labrador (part of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador), near the Quebec border. Its population as of 2001 was approximately 8,000. Labrador City is neighboured by Wabush, a smaller town with a population of approximately 2,000 as of 2001; together, the "twin towns" are known as Labrador West. Wabush has the only airport in western Labrador, and is served by three commercial airlines: Air Canada Jazz, Air Labrador, and Provincial Airlines.
Labrador City was founded in the 1960s to accommodate employees of the Iron Ore Company of Canada, and iron ore mining continues to be the primary industry in the town.
As of April 2005, the mayor of Labrador City was Graham Letto. Letto was nominated as the Conservative Party of Canada candidate in the May 24 by-election for the federal riding of Labrador. The seat was won by Liberal Party of Canada candidate Todd Russell.
The Labrador City town crest features a Snowy Owl holding a scroll perched atop a black spade on a mound of red earth, symbolizing iron ore mining. The spade is flanked by two caribou. Both Snowy Owls and caribou are native to the Labrador City area.
The Labrador City town motto is Kamistaitusset, a Nascopie word meaning "land of the hard-working people."
Labrador City was voted 'Most Boring Town in Labrador' folloed by Happy Valley-Goose Bay, in the April, 2004 edition of the magazine Northern Lights.
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| Cities: Corner Brook | Mount Pearl | St. John's | |
| Notable towns: Bonavista | Carbonear | Channel-Port aux Basques | Clarenville | Cupids | Ferryland | Fogo | Gander | Grand Falls-Windsor | Happy Valley-Goose Bay | Harbour Grace | Labrador City | Marystown | Nain | Placentia | Red Bay | St. Anthony | Stephenville | Trinity | |
