Newfoundland Heritage Web Site

Forest Industries: 1970-2010

Forest industries contribute much to the Newfoundland and Labrador economy.
Forest Industries

The island of Newfoundland contains 15 million acres of forest, of which more than nine million acres are considered productive.
Land-Based Industries of the Early 1900s

Government officials promoted various land-based industries during the first half of the 20th century.
Population Distribution and Land-Based Industries

With the construction of the railway, workers began to leave their coastal homes to find employment at new mines and mills in the island's interior.
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.