Newfoundland Heritage Web Site

Iron Ore Mines of Bell Island

Reports of iron ore on Bell Island go back to at least 1578, when a merchant from Bristol, England, reported finding iron deposits there.
Mining in Newfoundland and Labrador

Mining has played an important if sporadic role in the economic, social, and cultural history of Newfoundland and Labrador.
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.
Avalanches

Avalanches involve the rapid downslope movement of snow or ice, with or without sediment and rock.
19th Century Health Care

Few health-care services existed in Newfoundland and Labrador at the start of the 19th century.
Davis House, Freshwater, NL

About the Davis House, a Registered Heritage Structure built in Freshwater, Conception Bay around 1850.
19th-Century Internal Migration

During the 19th century, migrants often moved to new areas of the country to supprot themselves and their families.
Mosquito School House, Bristol's Hope, NL

About the Mosquito School House, a Registered Heritage Structure built in Bristol's Hope, NL and one of the last of it's kind in the province.