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.
German firms established thirteen of the sixteen manufacturing plants created in Newfoundland during the 1950s due to Alfred Valdmanis' business contacts.
The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary is one of the oldest police forces in North America. It officially formed in 1871, but its roots go back much further, to 1729.