Labrador Hills

The Labrador Hills are a low, rocky upland in the interior of north-eastern Quebec and Labrador. Lakes, exposed ridges and river valleys break the ground into a difficult pattern for travel. Naskapi and Innu families crossed the hills in small groups, following caribou across the open barrens and returning to sheltered valleys to fish. Snow and ice set the rhythm of their journeys, and the hills formed part of the routes linking the coast with the interior long before European traders reached the Labrador interior in numbers.