Fishermen from Portugal, the Basque provinces of France and Spain, Northern France (perhaps Normandy) and West Country England are known to have frequented eastern Newfoundland during the first half of the 1600s, some as early as the first decade of the 16th century.

Archaeologists, after finding artifacts in one of the lower layers of the site, suspected they may have been made by the Beothuk.

An article about the discovery during the 1995 archaeological field season showing evidence that Ferryland had been occupied by the Beothuk.

Record of an order to draw bills of exchange, by Sir David Kirke, dated July 3, 1646, and dealing with New England, fish, planters, and commerce.

An Account of the Inhabitants, Boats, Stages, Fishing Ships, Fish caught, etc., in Ferryland in the year 1706.

'Invoice of Goods shipped aboard the DAVID of Ferryland...' by David Kirke and Nicholas Shapley, dated September 8, 1648.

A text and image-based tour of the defenses created by the settlers of the original Colony of Avalon, 1621 - 1638.

This text and image-based tour examines the structures constructed at the original Colony of Avalon from 1621 to 1638.

A text and image-based tour of the waterfront area of the original Colony of Avalon, 1621 - 1638.

This text and image-based tour examines artifacts left by the Beothuk and then European fishermen who occupied the area before the Colony of Avalon was founded in 1621.

An introduction to the text and image-based walking tour of the Colony of Avalon.

This text and image-based tour examines the artifacts found in David Kirke's house at the Pool Plantation, Ferryland, 1638 -1696.

This text and image-based tour looks at the later period of the Pool Plantation, Ferryland, 1638 -1696.

This text and image-based tour looks at the waterfront of the Pool Plantation, Ferryland, 1638 -1696.

An account of Captain William Holman's charge in defending the Harbour of Ferryland against the French on August 1, 1694, dated September 17, 1696.