Matching Articles"Ferryland" (Total 10)

  • References for 17th and 18th century bottle seals excavated at Ferryland, NL.
  • The principal residence of Avalon, where Calvert and his family lived during the winter of 1628-29 and in which the Kirkes established their residence in 1638, has long been the object of archaeologists working at Ferryland.
  • Letter to George Calvert from Edward Wynne, July 28, 1622, dealing with planters, house, stores, gardens, fortifications, forests, and lumber.
  • A look at the ways in which the Conservation Laboratory in Ferryland catalogues its artifacts
  • An article about the forge that was constructed at the Colony of Avalon, Newfoundland during the summer of 1622, and a look at some of the artifacts that were unearthed there.
  • A brief overview of the history of the migratory fishery on the east coast of Newfoundland. Ferryland is highlighted as a port.
  • References for a small sample of pipe bowls, showing their pipemarks, and unearthed at the Colony of Avalon.
  • An Account of Planters in Ferryland and Caplin Bay, 1681
  • Archaeologists, who thought that the 'prettie streete' would be little more than a dirt track meandering through the settlement, were surprised in 1994 to find the first traces of a cobblestone pavement near the western edge of the original settlement.
  • 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.