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A Newfoundland identity was first articulated in the 1840s, embodied in a distinction between English-born and native-born Newfoundland residents. The relative absence of a strong sense of belonging to an independent country was the underlying reason for Joey Smallwood's referendum victory.
The Newfoundland National War Memorial is located on the waterfront in St. John's, at the purported site of Gilbert's landing and proclamation. 1585 -- Bernard Drake 's Newfoundland Expedition uses St. John's as a base to supply its ships as it warns English fishermen of a Spanish embargo on their trade and decimates the Spanish and Portuguese ...
L'Anse aux Meadows on Newfoundland, site of a Norse colony. Abandoned colonies L'Anse aux Meadows, possibly Leifsbudir, c.1000; South Falkland, f.1623; Disasters in Newfoundland and Labrador (category) Economic history of Newfoundland and Labrador History of Fisheries of Newfoundland and Labrador Collapse of the Atlantic northwest cod fishery ...
1501: Corte-Real brothers explore the coast of what is today the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador 1502: Columbus sails along the mainland coast south of Yucatán, and reaches present-day Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama
Newfoundland was an English and, later, British colony established in 1610 on the island of Newfoundland, now the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. That followed decades of sporadic English settlement on the island, which was at first seasonal, rather than permanent. It was made a Crown colony in 1824 and a dominion in 1907. [1]
Pages in category "History of Newfoundland and Labrador" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
This is a list of historic places in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador entered on the Canadian Register of Historic Places, whether they are federal, provincial, or municipal. For reasons of length, the list has been divided as follows: St. John's; Avalon Peninsula except St. John's; Labrador; Western Newfoundland; Central Newfoundland
Newfoundland became a British crown colony in 1855, in 1907 it became a dominion, and in 1949, it became a province and joined Canadian Confederation. Since then, the province has been a part of the Canadian federation and has kept its own legislature to deal with provincial matters. The province was named Newfoundland and Labrador on April 1 ...