Thanks to archaeological work at L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland, evidence suggests that the Norse did make it to Newfoundland before John Cabot.

Examination of Erasmus Stourton before the Justices of the Peace at Plymouth, dated October 9, 1628.

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.

During the 1980s, a dispute developed between Canada and France over the definition of the maritime boundary between their respective territories in the region.

The first Europeans known definitely to set foot in Newfoundland were the Norse.

Letter to Propaganda Fide from Brother Simon Stock, dated January 1, 1631.

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