Newfoundland Heritage Web Site

Table of Contents

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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.
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.