Einen ausführlichen Bericht gibt es auf Englisch bei National Geographic. Juni 1497 sah nachweislich der erste Europäer nach den Wikingern – John Cabot (anglisiert; italienisch Giovanni Caboto), ein italienischer Seefahrer in Diensten des englischen Königs, der von Bristol kam – das amerikanische Festland in Labrador, nachdem er auf der gleichen Reise schon in Bonavista auf Neufundland gelandet war. "Before Category," PAGES, vol. Auf Neufundland gibt es seit 1988 keinen Eisenbahnverkehr mehr. After World War II, Newfoundland poet E. J. Pratt described the struggle to make a living from the sea in poems about maritime life and the history of Canada. Um 2400 v. Chr. "The Ode to Newfoundland" is still sung at public events in Newfoundland and Labrador. Seit der Jahrtausendwende erlebt die Provinz einen Ölboom, heute prosperiert das Land und hat teil an einem der höchsten Lebensstandards weltweit. [157] Though popular, there is no historical evidence to support this legend. In 2006 nearly 500,000 non-resident tourists visited Newfoundland and Labrador, spending an estimated $366 million. [107], Oil production from offshore oil platforms on the Hibernia, White Rose and Terra Nova oil fields on the Grand Banks was of 110,000,000 barrels (17,000,000 m3), which contributed to more than 15 per cent of the province's GDP in 2006. Während der Busfahrt vertiefen wir unsere Kenntnisse in dem ganz eigenen Dialekt, der hier in Neufundland gesprochen wird. Mindestens seit der Jahrtausendwende erkennen die Bewohner Neufundlands, dass der Tourismus, neben dem Erdöl im Hibernia-Ölfeld und dem Terra-Nova-Ölfeld, ein Wirtschaftszweig mit Zukunft ist. After the first World War, cricket declined in popularity and was replaced by soccer and baseball. The island of Newfoundland spans 5 degrees of latitude, comparable to the Great Lakes. Erforderliche Felder sind mit * markiert. [95], Several aboriginal languages are spoken in the Province, representing the Algonquian (Mi'kmaq and Innu) and Eskimo-Aleut (Inuktitut) language families. Trotz der kühlen und kurzen Sommer sind vereinzelte hohe Temperaturen selbst in den subarktischen Bereichen im Norden der Provinz keine Seltenheit. Mit der Nutzung dieser Website erklären Sie sich damit einverstanden, dass wir Cookies verwenden. However, in the 2011 provincial election the New Democratic Party, which had only ever attained minor success, had a major breakthrough and placed second in the popular vote behind the Progressive Conservatives. It has been used as an emblem on items in gift shops in St. John's and other towns. Neither tricolour was ever adopted by the Newfoundland government.[156]. [12] By the end of the 2016 excavation it was determined that the soil feature that was thought to be a turf wall was the result of natural processes. Ein weiteres Weltkulturerbe befindet sich ganz im Norden der Western Region: L'Anse-aux-Meadows, wo vor 1000 Jahren Wikinger die erste europäische Siedlung gegründet hatten. [125] A notable artist during this period is Marlene Creates. Bis in die 1960er-Jahre war nicht klar, ob die Wikinger tatsächlich nach Amerika gereist sind. (vgl. John's. Reisen Sie mit CANUSA nach Neufundland & Labrador! [20], Most of Newfoundland has a humid continental climate (Dfb under the Köppen climate classification system): cool summer subtype. datierbar. The Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra began in St John's in 1962 as a 20-piece string orchestra known as the St. John's Orchestra. [138], Michael Crummey's debut novel, River Thieves (2001), became a Canadian bestseller. [8] Historically, Newfoundland was also home to unique varieties of French and Irish, as well as the extinct Beothuk language. On July 1, 1916, nearly the entire regiment was wiped out at Beaumont-Hamel on the first day on the Somme. [168], The St. John's International Airport YYT and the Gander International Airport YQX are the only airports in the province that are part of the National Airports System. [135] Both the school of music and Opera on the Avalon[136] produce operatic works. 1 no. [137] Subsequent novelists include Harold Horwood, author of Tomorrow Will Be Sunday (1966) and White Eskimo (1972), and Percy Janes, author of House of Hate (1970). Der gleichnamige Film wurde 2001 mit den Darstellern Kevin Spacey und Julianne Moore in der Nähe von Trinity (Bonavista Bay) gedreht. In Portuguese it is Terra Nova, which literally means "new land" which is also the French name for the Province's island region (Terre-Neuve). Der östlichste Vorposten der Insel, die Halbinsel Avalon mit der Hauptstadt St. John's, ve… Die Broadcasting Corporation of Newfoundland war schon 1939 gegründet worden und ging 1949 in der Canadian Broadcasting Corporation auf; vgl. Newfoundland and Labrador has a wide range of climates and weather,[21] due to its geography. Margaret Duley (1894–1968) was Newfoundland's first novelist to gain an international audience. These artists included J.W. The collection has humorous and sympathetic portraits of Newfoundland characters, and creates an elegiac mood in poems concerning sea tragedies or Great War losses. [30] The Maritime Archaic period is best known from a mortuary site in Newfoundland at Port au Choix. Each district was independently governed and had a district chief and a council. Die Stadt verfügt über ein hervorragendes natürliches Hafengelände für Fischerei und Hochseeschifffahrt; die Universitätsstadt unter dem Signal Hill ist zudem die älteste Hafenstadt Nordamerikas. Von Labrador ist Neufundland durch die Belle-Isle-Straße getrennt, von der Kap-Breton-Insel durch die Cabotstraße. Until about 1900, most art was the work of visiting artists, who included members of the Group of Seven, Rockwell Kent, and Eliot O'Hara. [128] In 2015, Philippa Jones became the first Newfoundland and Labrador artist to be included in the National Gallery of Canada contemporary art biennial. In 1783 the British signed the Treaty of Paris with the United States that gave American fishermen similar rights along the coast.

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