My nine-year-old son, Stephen, is taking a school course on the Vikings landing in Newfoundland, 1,000 years ago. He is very excited about this course and comes home every day with another new fact. I ...

We went because: To see the remains of the first Viking settlement in North America (A.D. 1000) located at the tip of the Great Northern Peninsula in Newfoundland. Don't miss: Docent tour, included ...

With a last name of Erickson, it's not surprising that I'd be warmly welcomed in L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland. After all, my ancestor Leif made quite a splash when he arrived a thousand years ago.

L'Anse aux Meadows was founded nearly 1000 years ago and was the only Norse settlement in the New World. Tests show that a recently discovered jasper fire starter at the site is made from jasper that ...

Six decades ago, a husband-and-wife team of archaeologists discovered the remains of a settlement on the windswept northern tip of Newfoundland. The site’s eight timber-framed structures resemble ...

The possible discovery of a 1,000-year-old Viking site on a Canadian island could rewrite the story of the exploration of North America by Europeans before Christopher Columbus. The unearthing of a ...

This paper explores pre-contact hunting at L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site in Newfoundland, Canada during the Late Holocene. Data from over 40 years of excavations are interpreted in light ...

New techniques for tree-ring analysis solidify the dates of North America's earliest known European settlers. Exactly 1,000 years ago, some of the first known European visitors were living, eating and ...

A dramatic new sculpture has been installed at the L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site on Newfoundland's Northern Peninsula. It was designed by New Brunswick graphic artist and illustrator Karen ...

Newfoundland and Labrador gamers might find the surroundings of the upcoming video game Dead in Vinland more recognizable than your typical fantasy land. The cartoon graphics depict a landmark close ...