Schefferville

Schefferville is a town in the Canadian province of Quebec. Schefferville is in the heart of the Innu territory in northern Quebec less than 2 km from the border with Labrador on the north shore of Knob Lake. The town site is located in the vicinity of the (now defunct) Hudson Bay Company trading Post, Fort Naskapi,on the shores of nearby Petitsikapau Lake.

Schefferville, which constitutes the northern terminus of the Quebec North Shore & Labrador (QNS&L) Railway, was established as a town in 1954 to support the mining of the extremely rich iron ore deposits in the area. The original settlement was called "Burnt Creek" and was located some miles to the north of the current location of the town of Schefferville.

When the plans were drawn up for the town, it was originally called, "Knob Lake" after a prominent iron ore outcropping visible on a prominent hill - south of the town site. The name Schefferville was adopted in honour of (Roman Catholic) Bishop Lionel Scheffer, O.M.I., who served as the Vicar Apostolic of Labrador from March 14, 1946 until his death on October 3, 1966.

The town site was established by the Iron Ore Company Of Canada, which also conducts iron mining operations in the town of Labrador City, Labrador -- some 250 km to the south.