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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.
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 ...
Parks Canada - L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site of Canada Archived 16 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine; Vikings: The north Atlantic saga; Searching for archeological evidence of Vikings in Labrador and Newfoundland Archived 2003-12-09 at the Wayback Machine - from The Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History
The first National Historic Sites to be designated in the province were Fort Amherst, Fort Townshend and Signal Hill in 1951. [5] The Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial, a National Historic Site commemorating Dominion of Newfoundland forces killed during World War I, is located in France.
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.
Route 436, also known as L'Anse aux Meadows Road, is a 29.1-kilometre-long (18.1 mi) north-south highway on the Great Northern Peninsula of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
In Nature, Place, and Story, Campbell examines five historic sites in eastern, central, and western Canada: [1] [2] [3] L’Anse-aux-Meadows in Newfoundland and Labrador; the Grand-Pré National Historic Site in Nova Scotia; the Fort William Historical Park in Ontario; The Forks in Manitoba; and the Bar U Ranch in Alberta.
L'Anse aux Meadows, a Norse settlement in Newfoundland. Foundations of eight structures, visible today only as mounds because they were reburied in a conservation effort. Includes modern reconstructions. [1] Church of Hvalsey, a Norse church in Greenland. Additional remains of Norse-era settlements. [2]