Lydia Campbell née Brooks (November 1, 1818 – April 1905[1]), born to an Inuk mother and an English father,[2] was an early diarist in Labrador.
[3] She is one of Labrador's best known historical figures and writers, affectionately known as "Aunt Lydia".
[4] She was born in Hamilton Inlet, Gross Water (Groswater Bay), Labrador, to Ambrose Brooks, a native of England who was employed with the Hudson's Bay Company, and Susan, his Inuk wife.
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.
[3] Her great niece, Elizabeth Goudie, wrote Woman of Labrador, published in 1973.