Punts in Joe Batt's Arm on Fogo Island. Newfoundlanders speak with a “brogue”, which dates
back to their Irish and Old English roots. For several hundred years, the British sent ships to the island to har- vest the cod fish. In order to ballast the ships, which were small, they used press gangs to clean out pubs and jails of undesirables in their home ports. Tese men worked and crewed the ships across the Atlantic. Te people that were chosen had to be short to fit on the ships. Most of the crew was abandoned (left on the island, that is) when the ships were filled with fish to return to England, as the fish now provided the needed ballast for the ships. As a result, most Newfoundlanders are short. Newfoundland is home to many creative and unique
place names: some are humorous such as Little Hooping Harbour, Lushes Bight, Blow-me-Down. Some are des- perate, including Famish Gut, Deadman’s Bay, Whale’s
Cape Bonavista Lighthouse Provincial Historic Site. The author's great grandfather was the first lighthouse keeper here.
Gulch. Some show contentment: Heart’s Delight, Cu- pids, Angels Cove, and there are many that derive from the French language: Bay D’Espoir, Fleur-de-Lys, Isle- aux-Mort. Te history, culture, food and topography of the island are a unique feature of our country. It is a place you must see, and a trip you will remember for the rest of your life. Brian Wood is a Newfoundlander by birth and a Winni-
pegger by choice. He managed the panda visit to Winnipeg back in 1989.
The colourful history of Newfoundland and Labrador
Vikings briefly settled in L'Anse aux Meadows. Around 1500, Eu- ropean
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he first, brief European contact with Newfound- land and Labrador came about AD 1000 when the
and fishermen
from England, Portugal, France and Spain (mainly Basques) began exploration. Te first small, perma- nent settlements appeared around 1630. Catholic-Protestant religious tensions were high, but mellowed after 1860. Te British colony voted against joining Canada in 1869 and became an independent dominion in the early 20th century. Prosperity and self-confidence returned during the Second World War, and after in-
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Replica sod houses at L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site.
tense debate the people voted to join Canada in 1949. Tere are still many Islanders
alive who don’t consider
themselves Canadian. Newfoundland has an area of
108,860 square kilometres (42,031 square miles). Newfoundland is the world's 16th largest island, Canada's fourth-largest island and the largest Canadian island outside the North.
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Photo by Barrett & MacKay Photo.
Photo by Barrett & MacKay Photo. Photo by Barrett & MacKay Photo.
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