Matching Articles"Industrial Development" (Total 8)

  • Forest Industries: 1970-2010
    Forest industries contribute much to the Newfoundland and Labrador economy.
  • Forest Industries
    The island of Newfoundland contains 15 million acres of forest, of which more than nine million acres are considered productive.
  • 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.
  • ERCO and Long Harbour
    One of the industries which the Smallwood government managed to lure to the province with the promise of cheap power was the ERCO.
  • Labrador West
    Large-scale and lucrative mining developments dominated Labrador West during the 1950s and 1960s.
  • Megaprojects
    Information about Megaprojects undertaken by the Smallwood government to further industrialize Newfoundland and Labrador.
  • The "New Industries"
    German firms established thirteen of the sixteen manufacturing plants created in Newfoundland during the 1950s due to Alfred Valdmanis' business contacts.
  • 19th-Century Internal Migration
    During the 19th century, migrants often moved to new areas of the country to supprot themselves and their families.

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