newfoundland

     

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Trivia about newfoundland

  • In 2001 Canada's parliament officially added "and Labrador" to this province's name
  • Viking artifacts have been found on this large "new" Canadian island
  • This Canadian island is separated from the mainland by the Strait of Belle Isle & the Gulf of St. Lawrence
  • This newest province didn't become part of Canada unti 1949
  • It's been called "Britain's Oldest Colony", but it's Canada's "new"est province
  • The first transatlantic wireless message was received in 1901 at Signal Hill near St. John's in this province
  • Oddly, this province is 1/2 hour ahead of Atlantic Standard Time
  • In 1919 Alcock & Brown made the first nonstop transatlantic flight: St. John's in this province to Ireland
  • The last military engagement of the French & Indian War was fought near St. John's in this Canadian province
  • From 1900 to 1909 Sir Robert Bond was prime minister of this British colony, now the newest Canadian province
  • St. John's is the capital city of this Canadian province
  • Located in this province, Terra Nova National Park is Canada's most easterly national park
  • Poet John Donne compared his mistress' body to this Canadian province
  • L'Anse aux Meadows on this eastern Canadian island is the first authenticated Viking site in North America
  • Interestingly, it's Canada's newest province
  • In 1956 the first transatlantic telephone cable was laid between Oban, Scotland & Clarenville in this Canadian province
  • Cape Spear, Canada's easternmost point, is a short drive from St. John's, the capital of this province
  • The Vikings visited L'Anse aux Meadows in this province
  • When the Vikings settled in this Canadian province around 1000 A.D., they called the natives there Skraelings
  • L'Anse aux Meadows, with the remains of an 11th century Viking settlement, is at the tip of this Canadian province
  • Byron said his dog, of this large breed, possessed beauty without vanity & all the virtues of man without his vices
  • Even fellow Canadians can have trouble understanding people from this "New"est province