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  • Child Labour in Bell Island Mines
    Excerpts from the 1998 Heritage Fair project of Margaret Hawco (then a grade 5 student) dealing with child labour in the Bell Island Mines. Includes a brief overview and an interview with Mr. Charles Bown.
  • Population Distribution and Land-Based Industries
    With the construction of the railway, workers began to leave their coastal homes to find employment at new mines and mills in the island's interior.
  • Atlantic Brewery
    When the Air Force withdrew from Stephenville, the Atlantic Brewery was the first major industry to become established in the town.
  • Built Environments
    Information about the structures and environments that were built by the people of Newfoundland.
  • Company Towns: A look at Buchans and Grand Falls-Windsor
    The examination of two company towns, Buchans and Grand Falls-Windsor. Company towns are towns which were based exlusively upon one industry.
  • Rural Depopulation in Newfoundland
    For almost every year since Confederation, more people have been leaving rural communities in Newfoundland than have been those moving in.
  • Pinetree Radar Base: Environmental Concerns
    As a direct result of the Earnest Harmon Air Force Base, there are environmental concerns associated with Stephenville and surrounding areas.
  • Ethnic Diversity
    Newfoundland and Labrador is often described as having the most homogeneous population of European origin in Canada.
  • 19th-Century Internal Migration
    During the 19th century, migrants often moved to new areas of the country to supprot themselves and their families.
  • Labrador Linerboard
    In 1973, the Labrador Liner Limited opened and started production of a linerboard mill in Stephenville.
  • Land, Sea, and the Fishery
    People were first drawn to Stephenville because of the excellent fishing grounds and fertile soils.
  • The Growth of Manufacturing in St. John's 1870s-1914
    About the period of manufacturing growth in St. John's from the 1870s to 1914.
  • Other Ethnic Groups
    About Chinese, Lebanese, and Jewish immigrants that moved to Newfoundland and Labrador during the 19th century.
  • Environment
    The negative environmental influences of the American Air Force Base in Stephenville, Newfoundland.

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