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Matching Articles"20th Century" (Total 16)

Aviation: The Pioneer Period

Newfoundland has played an important role in the development of long-distance air travel.
The Buchans Miners' Strike of 1941

In 1941 the BWPU presented the BMC with a list of 41 grievances on a variety of issues...
Electrifying Labrador

Hamilton River was one of Newfoundland and Labrador's largest hydro electric projects.
Land-Based Industries of the Early 1900s

Government officials promoted various land-based industries during the first half of the 20th century.
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.
Transportation and Land-Based Industries

Advances in transportation during the late 1800s and the early 1900s affected the development of the forestry and mining industries in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Women and Land-Based Industries

The growth of land-based industries helped alter the traditional role of some women in Newfoundland and Labrador society.
Alphaeus Barbour House, Newtown, NL

About the Alphaeus Barbour house, a Registered Heritage Structure located in Newton and built between 1904 and 1907.
Benjamin Barbour House, Newtown, NL

About the Benjamin Barbour House, a Registered Heritage Structure located in Newtown and built in 1875.
Company Towns: A look at Buchans and Grand Falls-Windsor

The examination of two company towns, Buchans and Grand Falls-Windsor. Company towns are towns which were based exlusively upon one industry.
Eastport Peninsula: Burnside

Information about the communities of Burnside and St. Chad's on the Eastport Peninsula of Newfoundland.
Martin Greene House and Outbuildings, Tilting, NL

About the Martin Greene House and outbuildings, Registered Heritage Structures located in Tilting, NL and built in the early 1900s.
Military Bases, NL

Positive and negative influences of British, French, and American military bases on Newfoundland and Labrador.
Pearce Foley House

About the Pearch Foley House, a Registered Heritage Structure located in Tilting and built circa 1875.
The Roman Catholic Church

Roman Catholic presence and influence on Newfoundland society, and advancements in the Roman Catholic church.
Eastport Peninsula: Sandringham

Sandringham was one of eight land settlements created by the Commission of Government in Newfoundland to promote agriculture

Matching Articles"20th Century" (Total 16)

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