9 things you didn’t know about Newfoundland and Labrador    1.
The Miawpukek First Nation in Conne River, Newfoundland, is one
of the most economically successful First Nations in Canada.
This Mi’kmaw community places a high value on traditional
values, including canoe-building and handicrafts.   2. Gros
Morne National Park helped change our understanding of the
world. The park’s outstanding geology includes visible
protrusions of the Earth’s mantle, and crust, which led to
insights into tectonic plate theory and continental drift.   3.
L’Anse Aux Meadows, Newfoundland is the site of the only
authenticated Norse settlement on the North American mainland.
The settlement’s location was discovered by closely studying the
text of ancient Viking sagas.   4. Red Bay, Labrador, is
Canada’s newest UNESCO World Heritage Site. For several decades
in the 1500s Red Bay was home to a thriving whaling station,
seasonally run by Basques whalers. Multiple shipwrecks from the
era lie in the harbour.   5. Battle Harbour, Labra