Schefferville


Schefferville,

town (1991 pop. 303), E central Que., Canada, on the Labrador border. With the closure of the Iron Ore Co. in 1983, the town shut down almost completely.

Schefferville

 

a city in Canada, on the Labrador Peninsula, in the province of Quebec. Population, 3,300 (1971). Schefferville was founded in 1954 in connection with the development of the Knob Lake iron ore deposit. The ore is shipped out by the railroad that connects Schefferville with the port of Sept-Îles.