A Commission of Government was formed after this polity's 1934 bankruptcy, and was abolished by Joey Smallwood's Confederate Association in 1949.
A Commission of Government was formed after this polity's 1934 bankruptcy, and was abolished by Joey Smallwood's Confederate Association in 1949. A company that caused a scandal in the British government had made a technological breakthrough at Signal Hill in this polity. This region was claimed for Britain by Humphrey Gilbert and was once populated by the Beothuk people. One early explorer of this region claimed to be able to catch (*) cod with buckets on the rich Grand Banks fisheries to its southeast; that explorer was John Cabot. This region contains L'Anse aux Meadows, which was probably attacked by Skraelings and formed part of Vinland. For 10 points, name this Atlantic Canadian province whose capital St. John's lies on a namesake island across from Labrador.
A Commission of Government was formed after this polity's 1934 bankruptcy, and was abolished by Joey Smallwood's Confederate Association in 1949.
Newfoundland and Labrador [or Terre-Neuve et Labrador; or Dominion of Newfoundland; or Newfoundland Island; or New Found Land; prompt on "Vinland" before it is read; do not accept or prompt on "Labrador"]