Newfoundland Heritage Web Site

Table of Contents

Click on TABLE OF CONTENTS above to access a list of all Government and Politics articles.
Disasters 1892-1929

Some of Newfoundland and Labrador's best-known and most destructive disasters occurred during the era of Responsible Government.
The Labrador Boundary

The British Government organized the Labrador territories it received after a victory in the Seven Years' War, and thus created Quebec.
Privy Council Documents: Introduction

An introduction to the documents relating to the Privy Council's decision determining the location of a common boundary between NL and Quebec
The Tsunami of 1929

On 18 November 1929 a tsunami struck Newfoundland's Burin Peninsula and caused considerable loss of life and property.
Public Response to the 1929 Tsunami

The tsunami left the people of the affected communities on the Burin Peninsula in desperate need of help, a role the public gladly filled.