Lydia Campbell

Lydia Campbell (November 1, 1818 – April 1905) was an early diarist in Labrador of English and Inuit descent. She is one of Labrador's best known historical figures, affectionately known as "Aunt Lydia".
She was born Lydia Brooks at Hamilton Inlet, the daughter of Ambrose Brooks, a native of England who was employed with the Hudson's Bay Company, and Susan, his Inuit wife. She was home-schooled by her father. She was married twice: first to William Blake around 1834 and later to Daniel Campbell. In 1894, Arthur Charles Waghorne, a clergyman, submitted her autobiography for publication; it appeared as Sketches of Labrador life in the St John’s Evening Herald. Campbell died in Mulligan River at the age of 86.
Her great niece, Elizabeth Goudie, wrote Woman of Labrador, published in 1973.