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  • Strategies of Diversification
    The labour force of Newfoundland and Labrador is now more highly diversified than is usually realized.
  • Domestic Service Workers
    about the men and women, such as Naomi Gregory, who came from Newfoundland outports to St. John's to work in domestic service in upper class homes.
  • Economy
    Although it is often described in different terms, the expedition that led to the discovery of Newfoundland was primarily an economic enterprise.
  • Electrifying the Island
    An article on electrifying the island of Newfoundland following confederation with Canada in 1949.
  • Electrifying Labrador
    Hamilton River was one of Newfoundland and Labrador's largest hydro electric projects.
  • Environment, Climate, and the 19th Century Economy
    Newfoundland and Labrador's physical environment greatly influenced the ways settlers made a living during the 19th century. The richness of marine resources encouraged a pattern of coastal settlement and made the cod and seal fisheries central to local economies. In contrast, the relative scarcity of good soils and other terrestrial resources made large-scale farming operations impractical and discouraged year-round habitation of interior spaces.
  • Fisheries and the Environment
    Decades of overfishing in Newfoundland and Labrador caused the northern cod stocks to collapse during the 1990s and resulted in a moratorium.
  • Lifestyle of Fishers, 1600-1900
    European fishers had been working off Newfoundland and Labrador's coasts for about 100 years by the turn of the 17th century.
  • Problems in the Fishery
    The rise of the industrial, frozen fish sector did not solve all the problems of the fishery, as many had hoped.
  • Impacts of New Harvesting Technology on NL Fishery
    As fishing technology became more complex and efficient during the 20th century, it changed Newfoundland and Labrador's fishing industry
  • 19th Century Trade
    Throughout the nineteenth century, Newfoundland and Labrador's economy centred on its ability to export goods to foreign buyers.
  • Fisheries
    It became advantageous for Great Britain to have a fishery based in Newfoundland as conditions of market and competition changed.
  • Forest Industries: 1970-2010
    Forest industries contribute much to the Newfoundland and Labrador economy.
  • Forest Industries and the Environment
    Newfoundland and Labrador's forests are a renewable resource, so long as they are harvested in a sustainable way.
  • Forest Industries
    The island of Newfoundland contains 15 million acres of forest, of which more than nine million acres are considered productive.
  • Growth of the Frozen Fish Industry in Newfoundland
    In 1939, Newfoundland produced 1.5 million pounds of frozen groundfish. With the outbreak of World War II, however, the industry took off.
  • Industrialization in the Fishery, 1940-1969
    The years between 1940 and 1969 saw dramatic changes in the Newfoundland fishery.
  • Government Involvement in the Fishery, 1940 - 1970
    Almost from the beginning of the rise of the frozen fish industry in the early 1940s, the government began to offer assistance.
  • The Household Economy in Newfoundland and Labrador Outports
    The origin of what is today referred to as traditional society in Newfoundland and Labrador may be traced to a way of life that developed around the inshore fishery in the late 19th century outport.
  • Hydro Development in Newfoundland and Labrador
    Hydro-electricity has played an important role in the industrial development of Newfoundland and Labrador.

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