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L'Anse aux Meadows (lit. ' Meadows Cove ') is an archaeological site, first excavated in the 1960s, of a Norse settlement dating to approximately 1,000 years ago. The site is located on the northernmost tip of the island of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador near St. Anthony.
Labrador Straits Museum: L'Anse-au-Loup: Labrador: History: website, local history with a focus on domestic life and the role of women in communities Lamaline Heritage Museum: Lamaline: Burin Peninsula: History: website, local history, 1929 tidal wave disaster L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site: L'Anse aux Meadows: Great Northern ...
The location of L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland. Evidence of the Norse west of Greenland came in the 1960s when archaeologist Anne Stine Ingstad and author Helge Ingstad excavated a Norse site at L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland. They found a bronze, ring-headed pin like those the Norse used to fasten their cloaks inside the cooking pit of ...
L'Anse aux Meadows | Canada Overlooking the Gulf of St. Lawrence on the northern tip of the island of Newfoundland in eastern Canada, this UNESCO World Heritage Site is believed to be the only ...
L'Anse aux Meadows, which was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1968 and a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1978, is located 40 km from St. Anthony. [3] St. Anthony is the largest population centre on the Great Northern Peninsula.
Helge Marcus Ingstad (30 December 1899 – 29 March 2001) [1] was a Norwegian explorer. In 1960, after mapping some Norse settlements, Ingstad and his wife archaeologist Anne Stine Ingstad found remnants of a Viking settlement in L'Anse aux Meadows in the province of Newfoundland in Canada.
Birgitta Wallace at L'anse aux Meadows in 1976 Birgitta Linderoth Wallace (born 1944) [ 1 ] is a Swedish–Canadian archaeologist specialising in Norse archaeology in North America. She spent most of her career as an archaeologist with Parks Canada and is best known for her work on L'Anse aux Meadows , currently the only widely accepted Norse ...
The Wild Berry Economusée on route 436 is the world's only museum dedicated to the interpretation of wild berries. The town also includes a small hotel which is convenient for visitors of L'Anse aux Meadows. There is a lookout that provides a great view of the entire town and the ocean.