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  • The function of coats of arms, great seals, and emblems is to identify a place, person, or institution. Various symbols have represented Newfoundland.
  • Irish migrations began in the late-17th century and peaked in the early 19th century, when up to 35,000 Irish arrived on the island.
  • The Irish migrations to Newfoundland, and the associated provisions trade, represent the oldest connections between Ireland and Canada.
  • About the migratory fishery and early English settlement on the Eastport Peninsula.
  • About the population of Newfoundland during the 17th and 18th centuries.
  • The major Scottish migrations to Newfoundland and Labrador occurred in the 19th century and involved two unrelated phases.
  • The initial establishment of a British population in Newfoundland can be traced to the English colonizing schemes in the early 17th century.