Where’s Labrador? Supporting Virginia SOL LS 7c An adventure to Labrador

In July 2005, Steve (my wife’s cousin) invited me to fly to Labrador for 10 days in a float plane. Now, I’ve flown in a lot of planes in the USAF, but never in a float plane. They built a cabin with the help of some friends from Labrador City on a no named lake they call “Our Lake” When I first told my students about Labrador, their eyes and brains could only focus on Labrador Retrievers and not some unknown place in the world. You are about to take a virtual field trip to learn about this vast wilderness ecosystem. During this tour, you will See pictures of Steve’s and my trip to Labrador by plane and my return to civilization in a truck Go to various websites (use the Back Button to return to the power point presentation) to help fill out a field trip worksheet (press the button below to retrieve it) Have fun with the tour! But don’t forget to bring the DEET. An Overview

Hint Try this link : Can you find Labrador in this picture? I’ll give you a hint, it has something to do with Labrador Retrievers

Need refinement? Okay here’s a map that show’s Newfoundland, but where’s Labrador? St Lawrence River

Labrador and Newfoundland Here’s a map that shows where Labrador is located. Learn about the difference between Labrador and Newfoundland and if Labrador is a state in Canada? Use these websites: /Newfoundland_and_Labra dor /Newfoundland_and_Labra dor m/canada/provinces&territ ories/provinces&territories.htmlhttp:// m/canada/provinces&territ ories/provinces&territories.html

The adventure begins Steve and I began our trip at Laura Lake in New Hampshire Cessna 182 is loaded with our clothes Approaching Moosehead Lake in Maine

Water gets into the floats every time we land and needs to be pumped out before every flight. This extra weight (from the water) would increase our take-off distance and if we didn’t have the necessary distance to take off, what do you think might happen? Plane’s all repacked It took us about 45 minutes to fly to Moosehead Lake to get groceries and other items necessary to open up the cabin that had been closed since August 04. It was also a good shakedown flight to make sure the plane had no problems before heading into Canada.

What’s the difference between Deciduous Forest, the Coniferous Forest and the Taiga Biomes? Use these websites to differentiate the three: 3/coniferous3.htmlhttp://ths.sps.lane.edu/biomes/coniferous 3/coniferous3.html

We’re currently in Quebec, approaching the Saint Lawrence River in the horizon White Cedar, Red Pine, and Black Ash are 3 types of trees found along the St Lawrence River basin. Are these trees deciduous or coniferous? Use this web sites to find out:

Before we flew, Steve and I would plan our route of flight using maps. We always had to plan for emergency landings just in case the engine unexpectedly quit on us. So we normally flew in sight of the water. What do you think it would be like to land (crash) a float plane without landing wheels? Now sometimes it was impossible for us to stay in sight of H 2 O, and it was a chance we took with our lives. To get from Maine to Labrador City (Lab City), we had to figure where to safely cross the Saint Lawrence River. If we went straight to the Lab City, we would cross the river at the widest point and if we crash landed in the drink, what do you think our chance of survival would’ve been? Think about what the water temperature might be in July, that there were very few vessels traveling up and down the river, and there was a lot of current. As part of our flight planning, we kept in mind our limited fuel supply (burning 10 gals per hour) and in Canada, airplane fuel got as high as $5.25 (U.S.) a gallon. Use the button to see where we crossed between Rimouski and Baie Comeau

Looking down into the river, we discovered these amazing mammals Try this websites to see what they were:

Landing at Baie-Comeau Quebec for a fuel top-off before flying up to Labrador Another seaplane taking off and passing by our left wing The seaplane base owner allowed us to borrow his truck to go into town to grab some lunch. Cost of our top-off - $315 USD

We flew up along route 389 from Baie-Comeau towards Lab City. This road starts off as asphalt and then turned to gravel at Manic 5 and it would serve as the road I would drive back in a Dodge Very few towns in-between and no tow service if you broke down Find out what this circular body of water is called and how a Manic is important to the United States. Visit this website: oir

We’ve turned away from Route 389, and noticed the conifers have begun to thin out. We finally have Our Lake in sight where their lone cabin is located. The closest road is 30 minutes away by plane Use this button to go to “An adventure to Labrador, Part Duex”