10 Facts About Newfoundland and Labrador Canada

Newfoundland and Labrador form most easterly province of Canada. On this island, Norse archaeological site L’Anse aux Meadows is reputed settlement of Viking. Morne National Park, on Gulf of St Lawrence, has glacial fjords, waterfalls and cliffs. These Facts About Newfoundland and Labrador Canada make Newfoundland and Labrador a very famous tourist destination in Canada.

Southeastern capital St. John’s is known for 17th-century Signal Hill citadel, with hillside walking trail. Here are some 16 strange facts about Newfoundland, you will be surprised to know these facts:

Facts About Newfoundland and Labrador Canada

1. Official name is Newfoundland and Labrador – While everyone calls this province Newfoundland, it is not entirely corrected.

Full name is Newfoundland & Labrador, it was changed in year 2001 to recognize enormous tract of land which is included within borders.

Only a small % of province’s population lives here which makes most sparsely populated region on the continent.

2. Newfoundland and Labrador has its own time zone – Newfoundland & Labrador is not on the Eastern Time Zone, as this region has its own time zone.

Newfoundland time is around 30 min ahead of the Atlantic time and around 90 minutes ahead of the Eastern time.

3. On December 12, 1901, Marconi received its first transatlantic wireless message on Signal Hill – Newfoundland and Labrador Canada is Easternmost point of the North America and because of this, it has played a very important role in industries from aviation to the transatlantic communications.

Thanks to the geographical quirk because Marconi chose high peak in St. John’s as location for first wireless message which was sent across the ocean.

4. Way to reach Newfoundland is by sea or air– Labrador is attached to Canadian mainland, Newfoundland is an island itself. Due to this reason only way to get there is by plane or ferry.

5. Canine inspiration – There are two most lovable dogs in the world which are named after landmasses of province: Newfie, bearlike Newfoundland and most popular breed of dog breed in the world.

6. Accents between St. John’s, Ireland and Waterford, Newfoundland are identical – People from England and Ireland who settled in Newfoundland due to province’s history of relative isolation, not only are traditions of home on islands.

7. Strange names of place – With towns named Dildo, Heart’s Content, Heart’s Desire and Conception Bay, there seems to be romantic side to Newfoundland.

8. Independent country – Newfoundland was longtime holdout to join Canadian Confederation; it was not until year 1949 when finally joined rest of the country.

Until then this was an independent nation and even today colors and flag of country can be seen flying almost anywhere you go.

9. UNESCO sites – There are four recognized sites: Red Bay National Historic Site, L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site, Gros Morne National Park and recently added Mistaken Point.

10. You can even go to France without leaving province – Miquelon and Saint Pierre are self governing overseas which are collectivity of France, remnant of the former New France and right off coast of the province still are under French control.

You can visit www.gov.nl.ca to know about Government Services in Newfoundland and Labrador.