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  • 1894 Bank Crash
    On 10 December 1894, two of Newfoundland and Labrador's three banks closed their doors and never opened them again.
  • 20th-Century Fisheries and Settlement Patterns
    The industrialization of Newfoundland and Labrador's fisheries during the late 20th century changed the way people in the province worked and lived.
  • Impacts of the 1894 Bank Crash
    After the Commercial and Union Banks ceased operations, Newfoundland and Labrador entered a period of economic, social, and political chaos.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Labour Organization and Unions
    Until well into the 20th century, Newfoundland's primary economic activity was in the fisheries.
  • Land-Based Industries of the Early 1900s
    Government officials promoted various land-based industries during the first half of the 20th century.
  • Early 20th Century Loggers
    Logging was difficult and often dangerous work during the first half of the 20th century, yet workers received some of the lowest wages in Newfoundland and Labrador. From sunrise until sunset, loggers felled trees, hauled logs, and helped bring the wood to the mill site.
  • Impacts of Mechanization of the Logging Industry
    The gradual mechanization of Newfoundland and Labrador's logging industry changed the way loggers interacted with forest ecosystems.
  • Mechanization of the Logging Industry Since Confederation
    Advances in technology during the second half of the twentieth century dramatically altered commercial logging in Newfoundland and Labrador.
  • Transportation and Land-Based Industries
    Advances in transportation during the late 1800s and the early 1900s affected the development of the forestry and mining industries in Newfoundland and Labrador.

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