Newfoundland Heritage Web Site

Nightingale of the North

An account of the life of Georgina Ann Stirling (1866-1935), Newfoundland's first professional opera singer.
Johnny Burke (1851-1930)

Biography of entertainer Johnny Burke
Trade and Commerce

A history of the merchant community in Newfoundland and its effect on trade and commerce
The Impact of the Anglo-French Wars, 1793-1803

Coming so soon after the massive market collapse of the late 1780s, the Anglo-French wars had a devastating effect on the migratory fishery.
Anglo-French Warfare

France and England - later Great Britain - were at war, on and off, from 1689 to 1815.
Newfoundland and the French and American Wars, 1793-1815

An article on Newfoundland's involment in the war between Britain and France which, with only minor interruption, lasted from 1793 until 1815
The Labrador Boundary

The British Government organized the Labrador territories it received after a victory in the Seven Years' War, and thus created Quebec.
The Growth of Manufacturing in St. John's 1870s-1914

About the period of manufacturing growth in St. John's from the 1870s to 1914.
Remembering an Influential Mason

An introduction to the life of Patrick Tasker (1823-1860), businessman and influential mason.