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  • Indigenous Relations with Europeans 1600-1900
    The nature of Newfoundland and Labrador's economy limited direct interaction between Indigenous groups and Europeans for much of the 17th and 18th centuries.
  • Labrador Fishery
    A brief history of Labrador, including the importance of the fishery, permanent settlement, and relations with Quebec and with Newfoundland.
  • Moravian Voyages
    European knowledge of the northern Labrador coast was significantly improved after 1763 by a series of voyages carried out by Moravian missionaries.
  • Prosperity and the End of the Migratory Fishery, 1803-1815
    The fishing trends which developed after 1793 became even more pronounced after 1803, when the Napoleonic wars began.
  • Military Garrisons
    In 1870 an important chapter in the history of Newfoundland came to a close when the British government withdrew the military garrison at St. John's.
  • Mutinies
    The most alarming military danger between 1793 and 1815 came from the British forces stationed at Newfoundland who would mutiny over grievances.
  • Exploring the Newfoundland Interior: Geology and Communications
    James Howley's 1919 geological map of Newfoundland
  • Exploring the Newfoundland Interior: Geology and Communications
    Cormack's journeys did not stimulate a rush into the Newfoundland interior, which for much of the 19th century remained a Mi'kmaq preserve.
  • The Newfoundland Interior
    Information about the Newfoundland interior, including interaction with the Beothuk and mapping the area.
  • The Wars and Newfoundland Society: The Home Front
    The most visible sign of the transformation from fishery to colony was the increase in Newfoundland's permanent population.
  • The North Pole
    Between 1898 and 1909, Newfoundland and Labrador ice captain Bob Bartlett and American explorer Robert Peary made three separate attempts to reach the North Pole.
  • From 1816 to the Present
    The fishery remained the mainstay of the St. Pierre and Miquelon economy during the 19th century.
  • The Restoration to France (1763-1815)
    In 1763 French authorities reclaimed possession of the islands (St. Pierre and Miquelon) and re-established a small French resident population.
  • Migratory Fishery and Settlement Patterns
    Information about the migratory fishery and the patterns permanent settlement around Newfoundland and Labrador.
  • Settlement and Society
    An overview of the growth of the resident population and patterns of settlement in Newfoundland during the early 19th century.
  • Social History 1760-1830
    Considerable uncertainty surrounds our understanding of daily life in Newfoundland during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
  • The Aftermath of War
    War-time prosperity ended when peacetime conditions, including competition from other North Atlantic fisheries, resumed.

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