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Newfoundland and Labrador is the most easterly province in Canada, situated in the northeastern region of North America. [16] The Strait of Belle Isle separates the province into two geographical parts: Labrador, connected to mainland Canada, and Newfoundland, an island in the Atlantic Ocean. [17] The province also includes over 7,000 tiny ...
- St. John's
The Rooms is Newfoundland and Labrador's cultural facility,...
- Coat of Arms
Crest. An Moose appears standing on a wreath of gold and red...
- House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador
The Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly (French:...
- Newfoundland (island)
With an area of 108,860 square kilometres (42,031 sq mi),...
- History
A Newfoundland identity was first articulated in the 1840s,...
- Geography
Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province in...
- St. John's
With an area of 108,860 square kilometres (42,031 sq mi), [7] Newfoundland is the world's 16th-largest island, Canada's fourth-largest island, and the largest Canadian island outside the North.
- Early History
- Colony of Newfoundland
- Dominion of Newfoundland
- Newfoundland Commission of Government
- Post-Confederation History
- Issues of Identity
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Human habitation in Newfoundland and Labrador can be traced back about 9000 years to the Maritime Archaic people. They were gradually displaced by people of the Dorset Culture—Thule and finally by the Innu and Inuit in Labrador and the Beothukson Newfoundland.
John Cabot (1450–1499), commissioned by King Henry VII of England, landed on the North East coast of North America in 1497. The exact location of his landing is unknown but the 500th anniversary of his landing was commemorated in Bonavista. The 1497 voyage has generated much debate among historians, with various points in Newfoundland, and Cape Bre...
Newfoundland remained a colony until acquiring dominion status on 26 September 1907, along with New Zealand. It successfully negotiated a trade agreement with the United States but the British government blocked it after objections from Canada. The Dominion of Newfoundland reached its golden age under Prime Minister Sir Robert Bond of the Liberal P...
Newfoundland's economic crash in the Great Depression, coupled with a profound distrust of politicians, led to the abandonment of self-government. Newfoundland remains the only nation that ever voluntarily relinquished democracy.
After ICBMs replaced the bomber threat in the late 1950s, the American Air Force bases closed by the early 1960s and Naval Station Argentia in the 1980s. In 1959, a local controversy arose when the provincial government pressured the Moravian Church to abandon its mission station at Hebron, Labrador, resulting in the relocation southward of the are...
Nationalist sentiment in the 21st century has become a powerful force in Newfoundland politics and culture, layered on top of a traditional culture deeply embedded in the outports. Gregory (2004) sees it as a development of the late 20th century, for in the 1940s it was not strong enough to stop confederation with Canada, and the people in the citi...
Primary sources
1. Halpert, Herbert; Widdowson, J. D. A.; Lovelace, Martin J.; and Collins, Eileen, ed. Folktales of Newfoundland: The Resilience of the Oral Tradition.New York: Garland, 1996. 1175 pp. 2. Harvey, M. Newfoundland in 1900. A treatise of the geography, natural resources and history of the Island, embracing an account of recent and present large material movements, finely illustrated with maps and half-tone engravings (1900) 187 pp.edition[permanent dead link] 3. Moyles, Robert Gordon, ed. "Comp...
Vintage histories and year books
1. Birkenhead, Lord. The story of Newfoundland (2nd ed. 1920) 192pp edition[permanent dead link] 2. Joseph Hatton and Moses Harvey, Newfoundland: Its History and Present Condition, (London, 1883) complete text online 3. Millais, John Guille. The Newfoundland Guide Book, 1911: Including Labrador and St. Pierre (1911) online edition; also reprinted 2009 4. D. W. Prowse, A History of Newfoundland (1895), current edition 2002, Boulder Publications, Portugal Cove, Newfoundland. text online 5. Pedl...
Newfoundland and Labrador is a province of Canada on the country's Atlantic coast in northeastern North America. The province has an area of 405,212 square kilometres (100,130,000 acres) and a population in 2024 of 541,391, with approximately 95% of the provincial population residing on the Island of Newfoundland (including its associated ...
RankMunicipality20161110,525227,168322,957422,477Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province in Canada. The Strait of Belle Isle separates the province into two geographical regions, Labrador and the island of Newfoundland. [1] The province also includes over seven thousand small islands.
Newfoundland is an island off the east Coast of North America, and is part of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The capital city of Newfoundland is St. John's, on the north-east part of the island. Over 500,000 people live in Newfoundland (these people are called Newfoundlanders).
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Newfoundland and Labrador is the most easterly province in Canada, situated in the northeastern region of North America. [15] The Strait of Belle Isle separates the province into two geographical parts: Labrador, connected to mainland Canada, and Newfoundland, an island in the Atlantic Ocean. [16]
