Much of our knowledge of daily life in outport Newfoundland in the late 18th and early 19th century comes from the pens of visitors. They were typically missionaries, explorers, naturalists, and geologists whose work brought them to outlying communities not often visited by outsiders or even the local government.

The life of Lieut. Howard Douglas and his account of the wreck of the British ship Phillis off the southwest coast of Newfoundland in October 1795.

Considerable uncertainty surrounds our understanding of daily life in Newfoundland during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

Some of Newfoundland and Labrador's best-known and most destructive disasters occurred during the era of Responsible Government.

A Mount Pearl Junior High School project about the Newfoundland and Labrador tsunami

Information about the St. John's 1892 fire with emphasis on the reconstruction of the city after the disaster.