Newfoundland Heritage Web Site

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.
Landslides

Landslides are the downslope movement of unconsolidated material under the influence of gravity.
The "New Industries"

German firms established thirteen of the sixteen manufacturing plants created in Newfoundland during the 1950s due to Alfred Valdmanis' business contacts.
Cities

Information about the definition of a city as well as information about St. John's, Mount Pearl, and Corner Brook.