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  • A large rock bearing inscriptions which some claim to be carved by Cabot himself is closely linked to the tradition of thinking that Cabot landed at Grates Cove in 1497.
  • How the migratory fishery came to be in Newfoundland and Labrador, lasting for more than three centuries before giving way to a resident industry.
  • About the Boyd's Cove beothuk historical site.
  • Distribution and size of the Beothuk population, leadership and communal activities
  • Beothuk history after contact with the Europeans
  • The Innu, are an Algonkian-speaking people whose homeland is the eastern portion of the Quebec-Labrador peninsula.
  • Land use of the Mi'kmaq before contact with the Europeans
  • The history, lifestyle of the Mikmaq, and the Conne River council
  • The Centre for Newfoundland Studies in the Queen Elizabeth II Library contains the largest and, possibly, the best collection of Newfoundland and Labrador material available in the world. It has at least one copy of almost every book ever published about Newfoundland and Labrador.
  • About the English and Irish origins of Newfoundlanders and Labradorians that immigrated between the 17th and 19th century.
  • France was one of the earliest European nations to engage in the migratory fishery and dominated the industry throughout the 16th and 17th centuries.
  • French migrations to Newfoundland and Labrador began in the early 16th century and lasted for approximately 400 years.
  • Newfoundland and Labrador's cod fishery was the major pull factor attracting French settlers to the colony from the 16th through 19th centuries.
  • The Irish played an important role in both the migratory and resident fisheries at Newfoundland and Labrador.