Newfoundland

Newfoundland is a large island in eastern Canada, separated from Labrador by the Strait of Belle Isle. It is the easternmost part of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Newfoundland and Labrador: A Canadian province comprising the island of Newfoundland and the mainland region of Labrador. The island is one of the province’s two major geographic parts.
Beothuk: An Indigenous people of Newfoundland whose society was devastated by colonization and whose last known member, Shanawdithit, died in 1829. The Beothuk lived on the island before and during European settlement.
Newfoundland fisheries: The commercial harvesting of fish around Newfoundland, historically centered on Atlantic cod. The cod fishery sustained communities and organized trade for centuries.
Newfoundland in World War II: Newfoundland’s wartime role as a North Atlantic base and staging point during the Second World War. Its position made the island valuable to Allied air and naval operations.
Labrador: A mainland region of eastern Canada forming the continental part of Newfoundland and Labrador. The Strait of Belle Isle separates Labrador from the island.
Dorset culture: An Arctic archaeological culture associated with Paleo-Inuit communities in northeastern North America. Dorset communities occupied Newfoundland before later Indigenous and European histories.
Atlantic cod: A cold-water fish of the North Atlantic that once supported a vast commercial fishery off Newfoundland. Its abundance helped make the island a center of transatlantic fishing.
Battle of the Atlantic: The prolonged Second World War campaign to control shipping routes across the Atlantic Ocean. Newfoundland’s ports and bases supported Allied operations along this route.
Strait of Belle Isle: A narrow strait between Newfoundland and Labrador that connects the Gulf of St. Lawrence with the Atlantic Ocean. It forms the island’s separation from Labrador.
L'Anse aux Meadows: An archaeological site in Newfoundland containing the remains of a Norse settlement dating to about 1000 CE. It is the clearest evidence of a Norse presence on the island.

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