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Spotted Island

Spotted Island

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Spotted Island is an island off of the east coast of Labrador. Its south and east shores abut the Labrador Sea and a channel named Domino Run separates it from the Island of Ponds to the south.[5] The island is approximately 4 miles long and 2 miles wide. Its name is due to the alternating black and white cliffs on its east coast.[6]

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In 1867 Spotted Island harbour was the scene of a dramatic rescue when William Jackman single-handedly saved 27 people from a ship which had run aground on a reef.[7]

Until 1961 the island was home to a Pinetree Line early warning radar station.[8]

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    Houghton, Frank (27 September 1955). "Nursing Station at Mary's Harbor Replaced First Grenfell Hospital". Ottawa Citizen. p. 21. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
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    Admiralty Hydrogr. Dept. (1878). The Newfoundland (and Labrador) pilot. p. 407. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
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    "The Heroism of William Jackman". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica-Dominion. 2011. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
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    Clearwater, John (1999). U.S. nuclear weapons in Canada. p. 260. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
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