Railway The Newfoundland railway operated for a little over a century. From 1882-97 the trains ran over completed portions of a projected trans-insular line. The first passenger train across the island ran in June 1898. Regular passenger service ceased in July 1969‚ and the last freight ran in June 1988. The railbed has since been designated a "T’railway" and a linear provincial park. Built to narrow (3’6") gauge for reasons of economy‚ the Newfoundland railway was the longest such line in North
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from the province of Newfoundland and they are just like most Canadians‚ they are good-hearted‚ hard working and friendly. One main difference separates Newfoundlanders from the rest of Canada. Newfoundlanders are engulfed in stereotypes and tasteless jokes. This paper will discuss the Newfoundland stereotypes‚ how Newfoundlanders feel about these stereotypes and also how Newfoundlanders feel about being depicted the way they were in the novel The Shipping News. Newfoundland stereotypes are plentiful
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Location: The province lies between the 46th and 61st parallels. The island is located in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the larger Labrador portion is on the eastern part of the Canadian mainland. The western border of Newfoundland and Labrador is Quebec the eastern border is Atlantic Ocean‚ and to the south is Prince Edward Island. Geographical Regions: There are mountains and hills‚ plateaus‚ uplands‚ and lowlands. The rocky coastline holds many bays and fjords. The highest point is on Mt
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The Confederation of Newfoundland On March 31‚ 1949‚ Newfoundland became Canada’s tenth and youngest province. Joseph Smallwood played a crucial role in bringing Newfoundland into confederation. Smallwood was a journalist with an unquenchable ambition to become a father of confederation. Before confederation‚ Newfoundland was a colony of Great Britain‚ but it was Joey Smallwood and all his efforts‚ that changed that. Because of his leadership‚ Newfoundland came into confederation and
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Newfoundland folk songs As a social touchstone‚ both a common ordeal and national symbol of honor in Newfoundland and Labrador‚ just the codfish can equal customary music. With its story power‚ unmistakable sound and solid connections to Western Europe‚ customary music speaks to the area’s history and culture‚ and structures an essential connection between the over a wide span of time. For some it is likewise a pleased and intense indication of the "exceptional Newfoundland and Labrador character
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Collaborative Procurement Program for Newfoundland and Labrador Table of Contents Executive Summary -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 Issues Identification ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 Environmental and Root Cause Analysis ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 Alternatives --------------------------------------------
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Name and origins Cabot’s birthplace is in Italy. In Italian he is known today as Giovanni Caboto‚ in English as John Cabot‚ in French as Jean Cabot‚ and in Spanish as Juan Caboto. The non-Italian forms reflect references to him in the related 15th-century documents. Only one set of documents has been found bearing his signature. These are Venetian testamentary documents of 1484‚ on which he signed as "Zuan Chabotto"‚ "Zuan" being a form of "John" typical to Venice.[3] That he continued to use this
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Norse Expansion into North America In 985 or 986‚ with the Norse expansion west from Iceland into Greenland‚ the Icelanders met with a distant world‚ different from what they had left. Opportunities for agriculture were grimmer but game resources infinitely greater. Livestock farmers by preference‚ the newcomers spent their first decade clearing land for pastures and nursing their herds to increase the limited number of cattle‚ sheep and goats they had been able to ship over from Iceland. For
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The essay “Newfoundlandese‚If you please” written by Diane Mooney showing how English‚ British and French of Newfoundland evolved into many variations and the impact on their speech. Mooney identifies herself as an individual from an Irish settlement. The essay begins with Mooney’s travel experience to Port au Port peninsula on the west coast where the French descendants inhabits. In the second paragraphs‚ Mooney is presenting hers self as someone familiar with the Avalon Peninsula. The author
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to take a closer look at the evidence‚ and investigate this for ourselves. Let’s start with a primary source‚ an extract from one of those ancient sagas: We join Leif Eriksson as he leads his crew from Labrador - which he named "Woodland" - to Newfoundland. "Now sailed they thence into the open sea with a northeast wind‚ and were two days at sea before they saw land‚ and they sailed thither and came to an island which lay to the eastward of the land‚ and went up there and looked round them in good
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