FALLS IN LABRADOR

Waipa Post, Volume 38, Issue 2271, 21 February 1929, Page 3

FALLS IN LABRADOR

AN EXPLORER'S GLIMPSE

The discovery of uncharted falls in Labrador, estimated to be twice as high as Niagara, was announced by Sir Wilfred Grenfell in an address in Birmingham. The famous missionary philanthropist showed publicly for the first time a photograph of a cataract which was seen recently, he said, by one of his workers, who was unable to get close to the falls owing the wild mountainous nature of the country, and took photographs of them by means of a telephoto camera. The picture revealed in the far distance, at the end of a rocky gorge, several white streaks, with clouds of spray hanging far above. Sir Wilfred said that calculations made shortly after the photographs were taken indicated that 40,000,000 horse power, was running to waste. He thinks it highly improbable that the falls have ever been seen, before by a white man. The falls are not yet named, he said, and are now one of the objects of a new expedition of the Royal Geographical Society. Many changes have occurred in Labrador since Sir Wilfred was sent there 36 years ago, and have redeemed it of its reputation of being a desolate useless region. Labrador ultimately may become a summer resort, says Sir Wilfred, for the summer climate is wonderful, and some of the river scenery is enchanting. At present, however, many hidden, inaccurately charted shoals make river navigation hazardous.