Belle Isle (Newfoundland and Labrador)
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Belle Isle (bel EYEL, [bɛl il], French for 'Beautiful Island') is an island slightly more than 24 km (15 mi) off the coast of Labrador and slightly less than 32 km (20 mi) north of Newfoundland at the Atlantic entrance to the Strait of Belle Isle, which takes its name. Officially uninhabited, the island has some seasonal occupation during fishing season. Named by the Breton explorer Jacques Cartier, the island lies on the shortest shipping lane between the Great Lakes and Europe and is on the main north-south shipping route to Hudson Bay and the Northwest Territories. The northern terminus of the Eastern Continental Trail is on Belle Isle.
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