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Matching Articles"Communities" (Total 19)

Acadian Village

About the origins of the town of Stephenville and it's surrounding area, once known as the Acadian Village.
Agricultural Communities

This article is about the agricultural communities found in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Eastport Peninsula:Broomclose and Sailors Island

A histroy about the communities Broomclose and Sailors Island, located on the Eastport Peninsula of Newfoundland.
Cities

Information about the definition of a city as well as information about St. John's, Mount Pearl, and Corner Brook.
Community Making: Eastport, Happy Adventure, Sandy Cove

The settlement of Eastport, Happy Adventure and Sandy Cove was essentially a single phased operation from the 1850s into the 1870s.
Eastport Peninsula:Community Origins

The origins of Communities in the Eastport Peninsula, such as Salvage, Eastport, Sandy Cove, Happy Adventure, etc.
Community

A community is a group of people who live in the same area and share the same culture. This article is all about the function of communities.
Company Towns: A look at Buchans and Grand Falls-Windsor

The examination of two company towns, Buchans and Grand Falls-Windsor. Company towns are towns which were based exlusively upon one industry.
Eastport Peninsula: Burnside

Information about the communities of Burnside and St. Chad's on the Eastport Peninsula of Newfoundland.
Eastport Peninsula Conclusion: Cultural Preservation

Preserving the culture of the Eastport Peninsula, a peninsula located in Newfoundland.
Eastport Peninsula: The Neck

The Neck, a parcel of land used for inter-community and peninsular activities, is located between Eastport, Happy Adventure, and Sandy Cove.
Eastport Peninsula: Family Origins

A permanent population in the Salvage-Barrow Harbour area from the 1780s up to the 1820s was created by families who came to fish for cod.
Eastport Peninsula:Inter-Community Family Relationships

Families of Salvage were very closely intertwined through marriage and migration with those in nearby places.
Eastport Peninsula: Flat Islands Affinities

Settled in the 1820s, Flat Islands (a collective name for a cluster of four flat-topped island settlements) grew very rapidly
Outports

About outports in Newfoundland and Labrador. An outport is literally any port other than the principal port of St. John's.
Eastport Peninsula: Permanent Settlement

Modern day settlement on the Eastport Peninsula began permanent residency in Barrow Harbour and Salvage from the 1780s onward.
Port-Au-Port Peninsula

About the history of the francophone population on the Port-au-Port Peninsula in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Eastport Peninsula

Background information about the community of St. Chad's, located on the Eastport Peninsula in Newfoundland.
St. John's, 1815-2010

Information about the history of St. John's, NL from 1815-2010.

Matching Articles"Communities" (Total 19)

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