Amour Point

Point Amour faces the Strait of Belle Isle from the southern coast of Labrador, across the narrow water from Newfoundland. The strait's currents, seasonal ice and fog make it a difficult passage between the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the Atlantic. Near the point, a stone burial mound overlooking the water bears witness to a child buried by Maritime Archaic people some 7,700 years ago. In the sixteenth century Basque whalers came to the strait, arriving when the ice cleared and departing before winter.