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.

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 role of the Garrison in Newfoundland between the years 1815 and 1870.

Although the British Government had attempted in 1775 to limit residence, within 50 years it conferred colonial status upon Newfoundland.

Newfoundland and Labrador experienced immigration during the first half of the 19th century and emigration during the latter decades of the century.

About the origins of the town of Stephenville and it's surrounding area, once known as the Acadian Village.