Just Outside The Border - TLAB Traditional Cache
Just Outside The Border - TLAB
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Terrain:
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Having another nearby cache named Just Inside the Border and
knowing of this rather interesting rock formation it seemed that it
would be just a matter of time until I placed a cache here. Today
the time was right. Grab a sample and see if you can figure out why
this is different than the similar rock common to Labrador City
area. It is a small Lock-n-Lock with a logbook and trade items,
please replace as found, lots of people stop here so hide well.
When done and if you are feeling up for a hike I have another cache
a bit further into Quebec.
The tortuous border between Labrador and Canada was set March 2,
1927, after a five-year trial. In 1809 Labrador had been
transferred from Lower Canada to Newfoundland, but the landward
boundary of Labrador had never been precisely stated. Newfoundland
argued it extended to the height of land, but Canada, stressing the
historical use of the term "Coasts of Labrador", argued the
boundary was one statute mile (1.6 km) inland from the high-tide
mark.
As Canada and Newfoundland were separate territorial entities but
both members of the British Empire, the matter was referred to the
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (in London), which set the
Labrador boundary mostly along the coastal watershed. One of
Newfoundland's conditions for joining Confederation in 1949 was
that this boundary be entrenched in the Canadian constitution.
While this border has not been formally accepted by the Quebec
government, the Henri Dorion Commission concluded in the early
1970s that Quebec no longer has a legal claim to Labrador. Still,
Quebec government publications sometimes ignore or modify the
Labrador boundary, especially the southern segment.
The province's name change to Newfoundland and Labrador is meant to
emphasize its claim to Labrador, as well as Labrador's unique
culture and contributions to the province.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Ernpu va, gnxr vg bhg.