Table of Contents Introduction Natural Environment Aboriginal Peoples Society, Economy and Culture Exploration and Settlement The Arts Government and Politics

Natural Environment Table of Contents Natural Environment: Introduction Site and Situation Landscape Geological Landscape Newfoundland Story Mineral Resources Prehistoric and Historic Mining Soapstone Mining Manuels Pyrophyllite Mine Ramah Chert Dimension Stone Geological Hazards Slope Instability Landslides Avalanches Rockfalls The Battery - A Case Study Coastal Erosion Coastal Flooding Other Geological Events Costs of Geological Hazards Climate Climate Characteristics Winter Spring Summer Fall Climate Impacts Impacts of “Normal” Climate Impacts of Climate Extremes Climate Applications Fresh Water Environment Drainage Basins Flood Risk Zones Cold Ocean Marine Resources Use Commercial Whaling to 1900 20th-Century Commercial Whaling Seal Fishery: Background Seal Fishery Equipment, Techniques and Products Seal Fishery Hunting Methods Seal Fishery in the 20th Century Biosphere Ecozones Taiga Shield Ecozone Boreal Shield Ecozone Arctic Cordillera Ecozone Ecoregions of Newfoundland Strait of Belle Isle Northern Peninsula Long Range Mountains Southwestern Newfoundland Central Newfoundland Northeastern Newfoundland Maritime Barrens Avalon Forest South Avalon Burin Oceanic Barrens Ecoregions of Labrador Torngat Mountains Kingurutik/Fraser Rivers Coastal Barrens Smallwood Reservoir/Michikamau Mecatina River Lake Melville Winokapau Lake North Ungava Bay Basin New Quebec Central Plateau Goose River West Eagle Plateau Paradise River