I arrived on the shores ofNewfoundland. Labrador and Newfoundland is one ofCanada’sfour Atlantic provinces, and it drips with beauty largely thanks to its location on the Atlantic Ocean. This is an interesting place with an interesting history. Here are some facts about Newfoundland you might n...
Some places/countries use time offsets not an integral number of hours from UTC/GMT. Examples: Newfoundland (Canada)is UTC/GMT - 03:30 (summer -02:30) Australia (Northern Territory)is +09:30 Australia (South Australia)is + 09:30 (summer +10:30) ...
The world's first suburban commuter railway opened between Dublin and Dun Laoghaire in 1834 (two years before the London and Greenwich Railway). On 9th July 1939, the Pan Am Clipper III left Botwood, Newfoundland, and landed the next day at Foynes, County Limerick. It was the first direct...
Newfoundland was the first part of Canada to be explored by Europeans. Ironically, it was the last area to become a province, in 1949.[12] Newfoundland was its own country up until 1949, when it joined Confederation with Canada According to the 2001 census, 42.6% of Canadians are Roman Ca...
John Rut sent the first letter from North America in 1527. The letter was sent from St. John’s, Newfoundland, to King Henry VIII in England. North America has been host to the Olympics twelve times. The first North American country to host the event was the US, in 1904. ...
Despite being the 2nd biggest country in the world in landmass, Canada has a population 1/10th the size of the United States. As such, Canada has a tendency to be overlooked on the map, despite being a fascinating country. How many Canada facts do you kn
The Appalachian mountain range keeps going after it hits the U.S./Canada border and extends through Quebec, all the way up toNewfoundland and Labrador. In fact, the Appalachian mountains extend for almost 2,000 miles (3,200 km) into Canada, and end in central Alabama. Culturally speaking,...
In August 1527, John Rut – an English mariner – sent the first known letter overseas from Newfoundland to King Henry VIII. Well, there we have it; King Henry VIII certainly lived an eventful life with his many wives, some of who he beheaded to his huge armory collection and his large...
In 1960 this idea moved from historical theory to reality with the excavation of L’Anse aux Meadows on the northern tip of Newfoundland. The area didn’t have vines, but definitely showed the idea of a Vinland Viking colony was feasible and gave us clear proof that Vikings landed in North...
The first contact between Native Americans and European people occurred in the 11th century when Norse seafarers encountered indigenous people along the coast of Newfoundland, Canada. The Vikings called the Native American peopleskraeling, which means “barbarian” or ‘foreigner.’[9] ...