A look at Ferryland's onsite conservation lab and the steps followed in order to properly conserve artifacts.

Much of our knowledge of daily life in outport Newfoundland in the late 18th and early 19th century comes from the pens of visitors. They were typically missionaries, explorers, naturalists, and geologists whose work brought them to outlying communities not often visited by outsiders or even the local government.

A history of the archaeological dig at the Colony of Avalon in Ferryland, NL

Considerable uncertainty surrounds our understanding of daily life in Newfoundland during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.