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Spotted Island
Puktuksoak (Inuttitut)
Spotted Island Puktuksoak (Inuttitut) is located in Newfoundland and LabradorSpotted Island Puktuksoak (Inuttitut)Spotted Island
Puktuksoak (Inuttitut)
Geography
Coordinates53°31′N 55°47′W / 53.51°N 55.78°W / 53.51; -55.78
Administration
Canada
ProvinceNewfoundland and Labrador

Spotted Island is an island off of the east coast of Labrador. Its south and east shores abut the Labrador Sea and a channel named Domino Run separates it from the Island of Ponds to the south. The island is approximately 4 miles long and 2 miles wide. Its name is due to the alternating black and white cliffs on its east coast.

In 1867 Spotted Island harbour was the scene of a dramatic rescue when William Jackman single-handedly saved 27 people from a ship which had run aground on a reef.

Until 1961 the island was home to a Pinetree Line early warning radar station.

References

  1. http://www.nunatukavut.ca/home/files/pg/11x17_figuresmaps_and_family_trees_for_insertion_into_2010_land_claim_document.pdf
  2. Houghton, Frank (27 September 1955). "Nursing Station at Mary's Harbor Replaced First Grenfell Hospital". Ottawa Citizen. p. 21. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  3. Admiralty Hydrogr. Dept. (1878). The Newfoundland (and Labrador) pilot. p. 407. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
  4. "The Heroism of William Jackman". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica-Dominion. 2011. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
  5. Clearwater, John (1999). U.S. nuclear weapons in Canada. p. 260. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
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