Newfoundland Heritage Web Site

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Coastal Erosion

A look at erosion along Newfoundland's coasts.
Ancient Uses of Ramah Chert

Precontact cultures utilized stone for tool making. They appear to have preferred chert, a fine-grained stone composed mainly of silica.
Mecatina River

This ecoregion extends across the southern Labrador border with Quebec and runs northwest to the southern boundary of the Smallwood Reservoir.
South Avalon Burin Oceanic Barrens

South Avalon Burin Oceanic Barrens ecoregion covers the southern tips of the Avalon and Burin peninsulas.