Canada High Sea

Off the northern Labrador coast, the sea receives cold water and drifting ice from Davis Strait and Hudson Strait. The Labrador Current carries ice south past a coast deeply indented by bays and fjords. Inuit travelled along these shores to hunt and exchange goods. In the eighteenth century, Moravian missionaries sailing north from Nain sought contact with communities beyond Nachvak, while Inuit traders moved along the coast and across the Labrador peninsula.