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  • Singers and Songwriters
    Newfoundlanders have always been topical in their songwriting, fashioning lyrics to reflect their lives and their communities...
  • Traditional Music
    Traditional music represents the province's history and culture, and forms a vital link between the past and present.
  • Economy
    Although it is often described in different terms, the expedition that led to the discovery of Newfoundland was primarily an economic enterprise.
  • Lifestyle of Fishers, 1600-1900
    European fishers had been working off Newfoundland and Labrador's coasts for about 100 years by the turn of the 17th century.
  • Fisheries
    It became advantageous for Great Britain to have a fishery based in Newfoundland as conditions of market and competition changed.
  • Launching a Distinctly Newfoundland Book
    A glimpse into the career of James P. Howley (1847-1918), one of Newfoundland's most important geologists of the 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • Marine Resources Use
    An introduction to the use of marine resources in Newfoundland and Labrador.
  • French Presence in Newfoundland
    From the very beginning of colonization, France was an important participant in the exploration and exploitation of Newfoundland.
  • Origins of Migratory Fishery
    How the migratory fishery came to be in Newfoundland and Labrador, lasting for more than three centuries before giving way to a resident industry.
  • Profile of Governors
    Profiles of all the governors of Newfoundland from 1610-present.
  • Bays
    The island of Newfoundland has a long and indented coastline that includes several major bays.
  • The May Bush in Newfoundland
    Historically, may bushes have had festive, protective, decorative, invocational, or religious functions.
  • Folklore and Traditional Culture
    Information about the origins and genres of folklore, as well as the scholarly works written about the subject.
  • French Involvement in the NL Fishery
    France was one of the earliest European nations to engage in the migratory fishery and dominated the industry throughout the 16th and 17th centuries.
  • The French Fairy Tale in Newfoundland
    Before mass media, popular culture was dominated by the spoken word. The wonder-tale (or fairy tale) provided people with the joys of narrative art.
  • French Migration in NL, 1504-1904
    French migrations to Newfoundland and Labrador began in the early 16th century and lasted for approximately 400 years.
  • French Settlement in NL, 1504-1904
    Newfoundland and Labrador's cod fishery was the major pull factor attracting French settlers to the colony from the 16th through 19th centuries.
  • Eastport Peninsula: The Indigenous Period
    Recent archeological evidence indicates that the inner reaches of Bonavista Bay were occupied by Indigenous cultures dating back some 5000 years.
  • Irish Involvement in the Fishery
    The Irish played an important role in both the migratory and resident fisheries at Newfoundland and Labrador.
  • The Pink, White and Green: Flag of Newfoundland and Labrador
    The pink, white and green tricolour flag, or PWG, can be seen all around Newfoundland and Labrador.

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