• Thumbnail for List of birds of New Brunswick
    Harlequin duck (arlequin plongeur), Histrionicus histrionicus Labrador duck (eider du Labrador), Camptorhynchus labradorius (E) Surf scoter (macreuse à front...
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    Harlequin duck (arlequin plongeur), Histrionicus histrionicus Labrador duck (eider du Labrador), Camptorhynchus labradorius (Extinct) Surf scoter (macreuse...
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    to find warm clothing, the inhabitants of the islands sought the down of eider ducks, seaducks who nest on the island. In 1870, Rupert's Land was ceded...
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    Minganie extends from Labrador to the middle of the Honguedo Strait in the St. Lawrence River and includes the hinterland of Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent RCM...
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    mountains of Labrador, and winds south to Saint-Augustin Bay. 109 kilometres (68 mi) of the 238 kilometres (148 mi) main channel is in Labrador. Major tributaries...
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    eBird Quebec managed by QuébecOiseaux. Somateria mollissima. — Eider à duvet. — (Common Eider). Melanitta perspicillata. — Macreuse à front blanc ou Macreuse...
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    woodland pattern. This coast is a breeding ground for large colonies of eiders and other seabirds. Mammals include moose (Alces alces), American black...
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    Killiniq Island (category Islands of Newfoundland and Labrador)
    toponymie du Québec seems to show it as belonging to Quebec (an apparent consequence of the province's longstanding boundary dispute with Labrador). The northernmost...
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    with the largest concentrations of Arctic terns, Common terns and Common eiders of the St. Lawrence. The area of the Mingan islands and part of the mainland...
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    rondes. – (Bluebell). Ledum groenlandicum. — Lédon du Groenland. — Thé du Labrador, Thé velouté. — (Labrador Tea). Rubus chamaemorus Linné. — Ronce petit-mûrier...
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    beaches. The coast provides habitat for common coast bird species like common eider, black legged kittiwake, black guillemot, whimbrel, and great cormorant...
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    mountainsides. Greenland's ducks and geese include common eider, long-tailed duck, king eider, white-fronted goose, pink-footed goose and barnacle goose...
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    sewed bonnets for their infants from the delicate neck and head skins of eider ducks. Children's clothing was similar in function to adult clothing, but...
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    Prince of Wales Island (French: Île du Prince-de-Galles) is an Arctic island in Nunavut, Canada. One of the larger members of the Arctic Archipelago, it...
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    Cape St. Mary's Ecological Reserve (category Parks in Newfoundland and Labrador)
    off the reserve also provides winter habitat for harlequin ducks, common eiders, scoters, and long-tailed ducks. The reserve has been designated an Important...
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  • Baccalieu Island Ecological Reserve (category Nature reserves in Newfoundland and Labrador)
    gull The island also includes one of the largest winter populations of eider in Newfoundland. Official web site 48°07′35″N 52°48′12″W / 48.12639°N...
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  • Verne's novel The Adventures of Captain Hatteras (French: Voyages et aventures du capitaine Hatteras) visit Beechey Island. In addition, Clive Cussler's novel...
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    Island, Nunavut. Ottawa: National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. ISBN 0-612-42527-4 Martini, I. P.; Glooschenko, W. A. (1984)...
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    Georges Leroux made a large decorative panel for the smoking room: "Le Jardin du Luxembourg". The painter decorator Adrien Karbowsky also participated in the...
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    (2008). "Factors Affecting Selection of Brood-rearing Habitat by Common Eiders (Somateria mollissima) in the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick, Canada". Waterbirds...
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    41: 271-28 Bravar, J.-P. and Petit, F., 2000. Les cours d’eau, dynamique du système fluvial. 2e édition, Armand Colin, Paris, 222 p. DeWolf, Y.C., 1988...
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    murres, common tern and Arctic terns, Leach's storm-petrels, and common eiders. It is a neighbour to North Rock. Likely used by the Passamaquoddy Nation...
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    Eolo ( Venetian Navy): The 70-gun ship was captured by the French Navy. Eider Stroman ( France): The ship was captured in the English Channel by the British...
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  • Crown Prince Frederik Island (French: Île du Prince-Héritier-Frederik) is an island in Nunavut, Canada. It is located off the southern coast of western...
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  • lost near Ringkøbing, Denmark. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Dantzig Vrow Jantina Duchy of Holstein The ship was lost in the Eider....
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  • Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland. Thomas  United Kingdom The ship sank in the Eider. Thomas Jefferson  United States The ship was driven ashore and wrecked...
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  • Times. No. 25965. London. 11 November 1867. col F, p. 9. "Distress in Labrador". The Times. No. 25989. London. 9 December 1867. col E, p. 11. "Mercantile...
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  • to Lisbon. New Hoffnung Hamburg The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Eider. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Hamburg. Oceanus  Denmark The ship was...
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  • of Cornwall. Helmsley  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Eider. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Inverkeithing, Fife to...
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  • wrecked on Heligoland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Eider to the Elbe. Jeune Albert  France The lighter sank in the Gironde at Pauillac...
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