The principal residence of Avalon, where Calvert and his family lived during the winter of 1628-29 and in which the Kirkes established their residence in 1638, has long been the object of archaeologists working at Ferryland.

The nature of Newfoundland and Labrador's economy limited direct interaction between Indigenous groups and Europeans for much of the 17th and 18th centuries.

Archaeologists, who thought that the 'prettie streete' would be little more than a dirt track meandering through the settlement, were surprised in 1994 to find the first traces of a cobblestone pavement near the western edge of the original settlement.

Biography of Sir Arthur Aston, Proprietary governor of the Province of Avalon, c.1625-1627.

Biography of Sir David Kirke, Proprietary governor of Newfoundland, 1638-1651.

Biography of Edward Wynne, Proprietary governor of Avalon Colony, 1621-1625.

Biography of Francis Tanfield, Proprietary governor of the South Falkland colony, 1623-1625/1626.

Biography of Sir George Calvert (Lord Baltimore), Proprietary governor of the Province of Avalon,1627-1629.

A history of proprietary governors in Newfoundland which began in 1610, with the appointment of its first governor, John Guy and ended in 1728 with the appointment of the first naval governor.

Biography of John Guy, Proprietary governor of Cuper's Cove, 1610-1614.

Biography of John Mason, Proprietary governor of Cuper's Cove, 1615-1621.

Biography of John Treworgie, Proprietary governor of Newfoundland, 1653-1660.

Biography of Sir Richard Whitbourne, Proprietary governor of Renews, 1618-1620.

Biography of Hayman Robert, Proprietary governor of Bristol's Hope, 1618-1628.

Biography of William Hill, Proprietary governor of the Province of Avalon, 1634-1638.