From what we've heard, they destroyed the buildings so competition would have a difficult time reestablishing the mine upon their desertion of it. It was more economical to destroy the town than to dismantle and move it. Rumor says the large mine at IOCC, Humphrey Mine, will no longer be worked after this year. Although there are other iron deposits which are predicted to be productive for 50 more years, we often wonder if Labrador City's future fate will be destruction like Gagnon or recycling like Shefferville. In our back yard, we've seen big black crows that we've nicknamed pterodactyl's because of their large size with their winter insulation of feathers.
Bears visit town to get easy food from the trash bags in back yards.
Many people have wooden boxes to hold their trash bags to help eliminate the bear problem. The mother bear apparently realized the child was not a threat and bumped her over without hurting her to get to her cub. Bears often get into cabins and make themselves at home by opening cans of beans and licking the can clean. One bear walked into a home and started into the kitchen when the family dog started barking and frightened the bear away. Because we live with a lake out our back door, we occasionally can find bear tracks in the soft gravel of our driveway.