Matching Articles"Settlement" (Total 31)

  • Eastport Peninsula: Flat Islands Affinities
    Settled in the 1820s, Flat Islands (a collective name for a cluster of four flat-topped island settlements) grew very rapidly
  • 19th-Century Internal Migration
    During the 19th century, migrants often moved to new areas of the country to supprot themselves and their families.
  • Irish Migration
    Irish migrations began in the late-17th century and peaked in the early 19th century, when up to 35,000 Irish arrived on the island.
  • The Irish in Newfoundland
    The Irish migrations to Newfoundland, and the associated provisions trade, represent the oldest connections between Ireland and Canada.
  • Irish Settlement Patterns
    The cod fishery and its mercantile activities greatly influenced Irish settlement patterns in Newfoundland and Labrador.
  • English Migration: Seasonal, Temporary and Permanent
    Newfoundland experienced three types of migration from the English West Country: seasonal, temporary and permanent.
  • Outports
    About outports in Newfoundland and Labrador. An outport is literally any port other than the principal port of St. John's.
  • Eastport Peninsula: Permanent Settlement
    Modern day settlement on the Eastport Peninsula began permanent residency in Barrow Harbour and Salvage from the 1780s onward.
  • Port-Au-Port Peninsula
    About the history of the francophone population on the Port-au-Port Peninsula in Newfoundland and Labrador.
  • Scottish Settlement Patterns in NL
    Mercantile and agricultural activities influenced the settlement patterns of Scottish immigrants to Newfoundland and Labrador during the 19th century.
  • Scottish in NL
    The major Scottish migrations to Newfoundland and Labrador occurred in the 19th century and involved two unrelated phases.

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