Newfoundland Heritage Web Site

Ancient Uses of Ramah Chert

Precontact cultures utilized stone for tool making. They appear to have preferred chert, a fine-grained stone composed mainly of silica.
European Exploration Before Cabot

Thanks to archaeological work at L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland, evidence suggests that the Norse did make it to Newfoundland before John Cabot.
The Norse in the North Atlantic

The first Europeans known definitely to set foot in Newfoundland were the Norse.