Newfoundland Heritage Web Site

Land-Based Industries of the Early 1900s

Government officials promoted various land-based industries during the first half of the 20th century.
Mining in Newfoundland and Labrador

Mining has played an important if sporadic role in the economic, social, and cultural history of Newfoundland and Labrador.
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.
Come By Chance Oil Refinery

During the mid-1960s, American entrepreneur John Shaheen arranged with Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Joseph Smallwood to construct an oil refinery at Come By Chance.
Megaprojects

Information about Megaprojects undertaken by the Smallwood government to further industrialize Newfoundland and Labrador.
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.