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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 ...
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]
October 31 – Newfoundland election: Robert Thorburn's Reforms win a majority November 7 – The Last Spike of the Canadian Pacific Railway at Craigellachie, British Columbia . John A. Macdonald receives a telegram announcing that the first train from Montreal in Quebec is approaching the Pacific .
December 6, 2001 The province of Newfoundland was renamed Newfoundland and Labrador. [62] April 1, 2003 Yukon Territory was renamed Yukon, though it remained a territory. [63] December 19, 2023 The border with Denmark was defined so that it passes through Hans Island rather than skipping over it. [64]
Two of the sites are associated with the historical Beothuk. Boyd's Cove, the larger of the two, is 3,000 m 2 (32,000 sq ft) and is on top of a 6 m (20 ft) glacial moraine. The coarse sand, gravel, and boulders were left behind by glaciers. The artifacts provide answers to an economic question: why did the Beothuk avoid Europeans?
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 .
Newfoundland and Canada. The Newfoundland referendums of 1948 were a series of two referendums to decide the political future of the Dominion of Newfoundland.Before the referendums, Newfoundland was in debt and went through several delegations to determine whether the country would join Canada ("confederation"), remain under British rule or regain independence.