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 St Alban's, Newfoundland  

 

I  am from a little community call St Albans, Newfoundland, Canada. 

 

Today, St Alban's is the largest site in Newfoundland for farming; harvesting Steelhead Salmon and Rainbow Trout.

 

 

Here are some of the facts from my community:  

Until 1915, it was known as Ship Cove.  Incorporated in 1953
1949 Newfoundand joined Canada
1964, the construction of the Bay d'Espoir highway and roads to Hermitage, Harbour Breton and St. Jacques-Coomb's Cove, also the construction of hydro-electric project
1997  Newfoundland celebrated 500 years discovery by John Cabot
Common family names that can be found are:  Collier, Hoskins, they settle in 1815. Organ family in 1853.  Crant, McDonald, Willcott
Newfoundland is the easternmost point of Canada.  
Seals and whales live here year-round. 
Moose and caribou roam its reaches. 
Newfoundland is a unique geological features such as the tablelands mark a time when the continents of Africa and North America collided,pushing these rocks first beneath the ocean, then to their present position on land.

Newfoundland just might be the puffin capital of the world. Thirty kilometers south of St John's is the largest Atlantic puffin colony in North America.   

Puffins can be considered as the sea parrots. They are very good swimmers and fishers.  Wherever you go in Newfoundland, you will see some puffins

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North of Newfoundland, lot of icebergs like this one:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our new flag was adopted in 1980. In this flag, the primary colours of red, gold, and blue are placed against a background of white. The white represents snow and ice, the blue represents the sea; red represents human effort and gold represents our confidence in ourselves.


The Newfoundland Flag

 

 


The Union Jack
The blue section, most reminiscent of the Union Jack, also represents our common heritage. The red and gold section, larger than the others, represents our future. The triangles outlined in red port ray the mainland and the island parts of our province, reaching forward together. The golden arrow points the way to what we believe will be a bright future. The Christian Cross, the Beothuk and Naskapi ornamentation and the outline of the maple leaf is embodied in the centre, representing our past, present and future.

 

 

 

 

On The Origin of the Word Newfoundland

Newfoundland
Following John Cabot's return from Newfoundland in 1497, King Henry VII rewarded him with a pension of 10 pounds. The pension was writtten into the daybook of the King's payments as Item to hym that founde the new Isle - x li, with x - li meaning 10 pounds. After subsequent voyages by other explorers, the royal records referred to the new Isle as the new Ilande or the new Isle until September 1502 when these descriptive words were replaced with the words the new found lande and the newe founde launde. Thus, the word Newfoundland originates directly from the royal daybook of King Henry VII