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.

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

Letter to Archbishop Laud from Sir David Kirke, dated October 2, 1639, and dealing with planters, health, weather, religion, and the Anglican Church.

Letter to George Calvert from Edward Wynne, dated August 17, 1622.

Examination of Erasmus Stourton before the Justices of the Peace at Plymouth, dated October 9, 1628.

Letter to Propaganda Fide from Brother Simon Stock, dated January 1, 1631.

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.

Biography of Sir Arthur Aston, Proprietary governor of the Province of Avalon, c.1625-1627.

Biography of Edward Wynne, Proprietary governor of Avalon Colony, 1621-1625.

Biography of Sir George Calvert (Lord Baltimore), Proprietary governor of the Province of Avalon,1627-1629.

A history of proprietary governors in Newfoundland which began in 1610, with the appointment of its first governor, John Guy and ended in 1728 with the appointment of the first naval governor.

Biography of William Hill, Proprietary governor of the Province of Avalon, 1634-1638.

A brief history and description of Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church, Ferryland, NL, a Registered Heritage Structure built in 1863.