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Sentence Examples Curly is a cheerful Newfoundland dog purchased by Francois and Perrault, whom Buck first meets aboard the Narwhal. The seaworthiness of the vessel was severely tested on the Atlantic crossing from Newfoundland but she came through without damage or loss. They returned to their village in Newfoundland so they could raise their only daughter as a Newfoundlander. Her comments come on the eve of the biggest seal cull in Newfoundland for decades. Every spring for over 100 years, Newfoundland men had gone sealing, aware of the dangers from ice floes and storms. Cook charted the coasts and seaways of Canada, the St Lawrence Channel and the coasts of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. I had started wearing flannel overshirts and even adopted some Newfoundland slang. The subject of the pieces, barring studio sketches and a few paintings, is Newfoundland life. She shares a wood-heated home with her husband, a horse doctor, their three children, and two Newfoundland dogs. Prior to the debut, the Newfoundland author is grafting bits of his skin onto swatches of paper for a limited number of promotional covers. His psychological armor will make him seem more self-sufficient and stronger than the people he will meet in Newfoundland. If this isn't self-referential enough, the second novel Gabriel is working on is a historical novel set in Newfoundland. Dense fog banks form where the cold northern Labrador Current meets the Gulf Stream off of Newfoundland. There are eleven furbearer species that are currently managed and trapped in Newfoundland and Labrador. Off any beaten path in Newfoundland are such remnants, gone but not necessarily forgotten. As rugged and foggy that area of Newfoundland is, its true beauty came through as if it were a gloriously sunny day. By 1914 he bad discovered Brigus, Newfoundland, where he settled with his family. The film is dominated by the grays, whites, and browns of Newfoundland in the early spring. Despite official discouragement of settlement, Newfoundland became de facto the first overseas British colony. It once had a dialect of Irish known as Newfoundland Irish, as well as an Amerindian language, Beothuk. Show More Sentences Humpbacks, minkes and 18 other species of whales swim in Newfoundland waters. The range of the Arctic hare in Canada extends from Newfoundland to the High Arctic. Tonight I read of rugged Newfoundland coastlines and dream of fog-drenched villages and rainswept fishing boats. They had stop-overs in the Azores, Gander, Newfoundland and Boston, before they arrived in New York. Data on a systemic boundary unconformity on the west Newfoundland shelf are more problematic. Ubiquitous through the rest of Canada, full-tree systems with their skidders and slashers are more rare in Newfoundland than hot summer days. Equally at home in water or on land, the Newfoundland was large enough to pull in a drowning man or to break the ice to retrieve him. A little before midnight on 14 April the Titanic, which was considered unsinkable, collided with an iceberg about 650 km south of Newfoundland. I do not have an official listing of lighthouses in Newfoundland, but I have compiled a list of 37 of them. If it is true that the Feds are demanding this, it means that they are treating Newfoundland like an untrustworthy, idiot stepchild. Evidence suggests that in insular Newfoundland Arctic hares may produce two, perhaps three litters in some years. Between 1827 and 1838 he sojourned in Newfoundland, Canada, and the United States. Even the jokes about Newfies aren't unique, if one replaces Newfoundland with Norfolk, Shetland, Kerry, Tasmania or Arkansas. The queen of Newfoundland and Labrador berries, the bakeapple has an acquired taste that we like to think is addictive. A large black Newfoundland dog entered the room by walking in through the waterfall. Wendy, John and Michael are the children of Mr and Mrs Darling and their nurse is a Newfoundland dog called Nana. It features Milo, a glorious Newfoundland dog, cradling another hapless victim of the turbulent waters off New England's Egg Rock lighthouse. He brought his son Jack, 12, along with their giant Newfoundland dog, Rose. This would be boring, if not for a cameo by a Newfoundland named Josh, last year's Westminster winner. I think cloudberries bakeapples only grow in the wild in Atlantic Canada especially Newfoundland and Labrador. Show More Sentences About 150 of the 1,500 people who died when the ocean liner sank off Newfoundland after hitting an iceberg were buried in Halifax, and 43 never were identified. The Arctic hare inhabits the tundra regions of Canada from Newfoundland west to the Mackenzie River Delta and north to the tip of Ellesmere Island. Headwinds forced a landing at gander, in Newfoundland, in the middle of a blizzard. Almost all of the white-coat hunting involved fishermen in Newfoundland and Quebec who needed a way to make money at the end of winter before the fishing season began again. Once again, the Americans had essentially reassumed control of the airfield by operating the air traffic control system that extended southward from Thule to Newfoundland. In later years, CN took over the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway and other small enterprises such as the Newfoundland Railway and absorbed it into the company. The early Labrador dog did not originate in Labrador Canada, but descended from former dogs of Newfoundland, left there years before, by European fishermen and settlers. Overall it looked like a great snake, a large Newfoundland dog, a steam yacht, a horse, a Florida manatee, a submarine periscope, a whale, etc., etc. No, he's not a Newfoundland, but a small golden retriever mix. Even Lewis's Newfoundland dog, Seaman, suffered from needle grass barbs. Suddenly, Jupiter opens the front door of the house and an enormous Newfoundland dog runs inside and happily jumps upon the narrator, licking his face eagerly. She has often arranged visits or extended stays on location to immerse herself in a particular place, like Newfoundland, Tuscany, the Orkney Islands or Japan. Provincial officials held talks with industry leaders but the talks went nowhere, said Tom Hickey of the Insurance Brokers Association of Newfoundland and Labrador. As much as it sounds like the name of an outport fishing village somewhere in Newfoundland, it is not an actual place but rather a state of being. Most of the hooded seal population is distributed in the North Atlantic including the waters around the Maritime provinces, Newfoundland, and into the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Now that the album is complete, the band is finalizing plans for their coast-to-coast tour, beginning in British Columbia and ending with stops in Newfoundland and Labrador. The good news is there is no poison ivy or poison oak in Newfoundland. The balm-of-Gilead tree, which has mostly escaped from cultivation, is found along roadsides or streams from Newfoundland to Minnesota and Georgia. This short film looks at the demise of the fishing industry both in Newfoundland and Ireland and is described as a very moving artistic documentary. He stressed it was vital to avoid repeating the Canadian experience when years of overfishing exhausted cod stocks in the Grand Banks off Newfoundland. Show More Sentences At the signing ceremony held to formalize that contract, some company executives were talking informally about supplying dry goods through Labrador and Newfoundland. The number of their sites discovered on Newfoundland indicates they may have been the most numerous group of Aboriginal people to live there. Morale declined further when news of defeat in the Battle of Signal Hill in Newfoundland reached Paris. His father had also suffered a debilitating illness earlier in life and had been restored to health by a convalescence in Newfoundland. In 1506, king Manuel I of Portugal created taxes for the cod fisheries in Newfoundland waters. Explorers early realized that the waters around Newfoundland had the best fishing in the North Atlantic. A triangular trade with New England, the West Indies, and Europe gave Newfoundland an important economic role. Britain's victories around the globe led William Pitt to insist that nobody other than Britain should have access to Newfoundland. The Queen of Canada in Right of Quebec is suing the Queen of Canada in Right of Newfoundland. From 1763 to 1767 James Cook made a detailed survey of the coasts of Newfoundland and southern Labrador while commander of the HMS Grenville. Newfoundland rejected confederation with Canada in the 1869 general election. Newfoundland's own regiment, the 1st Newfoundland Regiment, fought in the First World War. Having its origins in Scotland, the Scottish Gaelic language is similar to, but should not be confused with, the Irish language in Newfoundland. The Convention, made up of representatives from throughout the country, was formally tasked to advise on the future of Newfoundland. A large population who spoke the related Irish Gaelic immigrated to Scots Gaelic communities and to Irish settlements in Newfoundland. For many years, Newfoundland and Labrador had experienced a depressed economy. Dairy production is another huge part of the Newfoundland Agriculture Industry. The Queen's representative in Newfoundland and Labrador is the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador, presently Frank Fagan. Before 1950, the formal visual arts were a minor aspect of Newfoundland cultural life, compared to the performing arts such as music or theatre. However, historians are unclear as to whether Cabot first visited Newfoundland or Cape Breton Island. Show More Sentences The Gulf Stream influences the climate of the east coast of North America from Florida to Newfoundland, and the west coast of Europe. Newfoundland and Labrador's arts community is recognized nationally and internationally. As it passes south of Newfoundland, this rate increases to 150 million cubic metres per second. Irish was once widely spoken on the island of Newfoundland before largely disappearing there by the early 20th century. Johnston's fiction deals primarily with the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, often in a historical setting. In 1923, his first commercial poetry collection, Newfoundland Verse, was released. Naval operations also enabled the conquest of the French colonies in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. Playwrights across Canada began writing, and this explosion was also felt in Newfoundland and Labrador. Newfoundland English is any of several accents and dialects of English found in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. While the Scots came in smaller numbers than the English and Irish, they had a large influence on Newfoundland society. John's until 2017, and the Newfoundland Senior Hockey League has teams around the island. Colonial ships were barred from the Newfoundland cod fisheries, a measure which pleased Canadiens but damaged New England's economy. It comprises the mainland portion of the province, separated from the island of Newfoundland by the Strait of Belle Isle. Human habitation in Newfoundland and Labrador can be traced back about 9000 years to the people of the Maritime Archaic Tradition. The exact location of his landing is unknown but the 500th anniversary of his landing was commemorated in Bonavista, Newfoundland. European fishing ventures in and around Newfoundland during the 16th century were the earliest Cornish activity in what was to become Canada. In 1655, France appointed a governor at Plaisance, as Placentia was known in French, thus starting the French colonization of Newfoundland. Construction of a large hydroelectric dam project at Muskrat Falls began in 2012 by Nalcor Energy and the Province of Newfoundland. Formerly, Labrador was part of a riding that included part of the Island of Newfoundland. Alone in North America Newfoundland had a state funded system of denominational schools. Show More Sentences Newfoundland remained a colony until acquiring dominion status on 26 September 1907, along with New Zealand. The Dominion of Newfoundland reached its golden age under Prime Minister Sir Robert Bond of the Liberal Party. Labrador is divided into four provincial electoral districts in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly. In 1919, the FPU joined with the Liberal Party of Newfoundland led by Richard Squires to form the Liberal Reform Party. Newfoundland remains the only nation that ever voluntarily relinquished democracy. Roosevelt agreed to an exchange of American destroyers for access to British naval bases in the Atlantic, including Newfoundland. As during World War I, Newfoundland became vital to the Battle of the Atlantic. In 1809 Labrador had been transferred from Lower Canada to Newfoundland, but the landward boundary of Labrador had never been precisely stated. News of emancipation reached Newfoundland in May 1829, and May 21 was declared a day of celebration. Winters are not as cold as one might expect, considering that Moscow and Labrador in Newfoundland lie on the same latitude. In the 1960s some 2 billion pounds of cod were harvested annually from the Grand Bank off Newfoundland, the world's largest source of fish. His main program was economic growth, and creating new jobs to encourage young people to stay in Newfoundland. During this time, Newfoundland was involved in a dispute with the federal government for control of offshore oil resources. The Atlantic puffin is the provincial bird of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. North American birds migrate offshore and south, ranging from the Labrador Sea south to the Grand Banks of Newfoundland to New England. Traditional Newfoundland heritage enjoyed a renaissance in the arts and crafts. These voyages are said to have been some of the first to reach Newfoundland and possibly other parts of northeastern Canada. Encountering frozen sea, they changed course to the south and reached land, believed to be Labrador and Newfoundland. In 1506, King Manuel I created taxes for the cod fisheries in Newfoundland waters. Within months, four ships set sail due west for the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, but a violent storm and rough seas caused the loss of two ships. Show More Sentences It is now abundant on rocky shores from New Jersey northward to Newfoundland. The known Portuguese presence in modern Canadian territory, meanwhile, was located in Newfoundland and Labrador. In Canada, its range includes New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador. The polar bear is found in the Arctic Circle and adjacent land masses as far south as Newfoundland. The Caribs and Arawaks of the Caribbean nearly ceased to exist, as did the Beothuks of Newfoundland. In 1927, the border between Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador was established by the British Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. The Appalachians are actually a huge chain that extends from Alabama to Newfoundland. The Church of England in Bermuda became grouped with that of Newfoundland, in the 19th Century, as a common bishopric. There was no immediate reaction from London, but the question of Newfoundland was now before the British Colonial Office. Records and confirmations close to Newfoundland, Iceland, and Cape Farewell are also excluded. An industrial drive fishery was started in the Trinity Bay area of Newfoundland, Canada in 1947 by a Norwegian whaling captain. Lawrence and around Newfoundland, pilots are one of the more common ones sighted inshore during the summer season. The Dandelion has a number of common names in Newfoundland. These include Dumbledore, Faceclock, and Piss-a-beds. Black pudding is now part of the local cuisine of the Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador. Examples of overfishing exist in areas such as the North Sea, the Grand Banks of Newfoundland and the East China Sea. My first assignment, right out of school, was on a seismic research vessel off the east coast of Newfoundland in the Labrador Sea. This phrase is however also used in Newfoundland, particularly the Bonavista area. The second part of the book is based on the author's fieldwork with the Mi'kmaq of Newfoundland. Port Nolloth in Namaqualand, on South Africa's arid Atlantic coast, became familiar to Swansea seamen, so too Tilt Cove in Newfoundland. In places such as Scotland, Newfoundland, and Alaska the fishing industry is a major employer, so governments are predisposed to support it. Show More Sentences John's, Newfoundland to rendezvous with and overfly the floating laboratory-ship Atlantis during its approximately 26-day research cruise. And if you are feeling wistful about the big palooka from Campbellton, Newfoundland, don't be. Belonging is important in Newfoundland and Labrador but with its long history of patrilocality, where and to whom have women belonged? William MacGillivray's Gullages, the first national CBC series to be made in Newfoundland, premieres. The Basques started whaling as early as the 11th century, sailing as far as Newfoundland in the 16th century in search of right whales. In 1910 Newfoundland issued a postage stamp to commemorate Bacon's role in establishing the colony. Byron had a great love of animals, most notably for a Newfoundland dog named Boatswain. Forty years ago the crumpled and complex Mobile Belt of Newfoundland would have been considered a typical result of a deformed geosyncline. In Canada, Hibernia lends its name to the Hibernia oil field off Newfoundland, and to a large sea oil platform there, the Hibernia. For instance, parts of Scotland and Ireland contain rocks very similar to those found in Newfoundland and New Brunswick. In Newfoundland and Labrador, the Long Range dikes are also thought to have formed during the formation of the Iapetus Ocean. Newfoundland and Labrador uses a modified version of the Union Flag, once the flag of the province. Finding the sea frozen, they headed south and arrived in Labrador and Newfoundland. The English established additional settlements in Newfoundland, beginning in 1610 and the Thirteen Colonies to the south were founded soon after. After this period, the Beothuk settled Newfoundland, migrating from Labrador on the mainland. Islanders became involved with the Newfoundland fisheries in the seventeenth century. The Beothuk may have intermingled and assimilated with Innu in Labrador and Mi'kmaq in Newfoundland. The latter readily traded with Europeans and became established in settlements in Newfoundland. Newfoundland is the site of the only authenticated Norse settlement in North America. After Cabot, the first European visitors to Newfoundland were Portuguese, Basque, Spanish, French and English migratory fishermen. Show More Sentences By 1620, the fishermen of England's West Country dominated the east coast of Newfoundland. Newfoundland and Labrador developed a wide variety of distinctive customs, beliefs, stories, songs and dialects. The first, unofficial, colony was Newfoundland, where English fishermen routinely set up seasonal camps in the 16th century. Following confederation, Smallwood led Newfoundland for decades as the elected premier. Winter daytime temperatures rarely fall below freezing and are milder than places such as Moscow and Newfoundland which lie at similar latitudes. In the late 16th century, islanders travelled across the North Atlantic to participate in the Newfoundland fisheries. The London and Bristol Company was created in 1610 with the aim of creating a permanent settlement on Newfoundland, but was largely unsuccessful. As one of the first places in the New World where Europeans settled, Newfoundland also has a history of European colonization. Newfoundland reverted to colonial status in 1933, suffering from financial difficulties during the Great Depression. After 1949, when Newfoundland became part of Canada, Bermuda became the oldest remaining British Overseas Territory. As of the 2006 Canada Census there were 4,715 Inuit living in Newfoundland and Labrador and about 2,160 live in Nunatsiavut. He was followed by other explorers such as John Cabot, who was sponsored by England and reached Newfoundland. Bermudians fished for cod on the Grand Banks off Newfoundland, and were involved in the lumber industry in Central America. He was for a time a pirate based in Newfoundland and then a naval officer with the Royal Navy. In 1614 he sailed his fleet to Newfoundland, saying that the region was the best in which to recruit a pirate crew and reprovision his ships. Giovanni Antonio de Carbonariis and the other friars who accompanied the 1498 expedition had stayed in Newfoundland and founded a mission. Throughout Atlantic Canada, but especially in Newfoundland, the cod fishery was a source of social and cultural identity. Nelson arrived off Newfoundland with the convoy in late May, then detached on a cruise to hunt American privateers. It was devastating for many communities and certainly impacted Newfoundland in a profound way. Shortly before the London Declaration, Newfoundland, which had remained a Dominion in name only, had become a province of Canada. Show More Sentences Foynes, Ireland and Botwood, Newfoundland and Labrador were the termini for many early transatlantic flights. In the 17th century the town began trading with North America, in particular Newfoundland, and the town became very wealthy. The caribou is the official provincial animal of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, and appears on the coat of arms of Nunavut. British explorer James Cook, who had been the first to map the North Atlantic island of Newfoundland, spent a dozen years in the Pacific Ocean. Newfoundland and Cuba are shown connected to Asia, as Columbus and Cabot believed. Greenland is shown connected to Newfoundland and Asia on Ruysch's map, and not Europe as earlier maps had showed. There is speculation that this otherwise unidentified isle was Newfoundland. Historically, Newfoundland was also home to unique varieties of French and Irish, as well as the extinct Beothuk language. Canada and Newfoundland were two autonomous dominions during the war that made major military contributions to the British war effort. Newfoundland and Labrador has a wide range of climates and weather, due to its geography. The island of Newfoundland spans 5 degrees of latitude, comparable to the Great Lakes. Human habitation in Newfoundland and Labrador can be traced back about 9,000 years. The southern branch of these people was established on the north peninsula of Newfoundland by 5,000 years ago. The Maritime Archaic period is best known from a mortuary site in Newfoundland at Port au Choix. In 1927, however, the British government ruled that the area known as modern day Labrador was to be considered part of the Dominion of Newfoundland. The Greenland cod is often called rock cod in Newfoundland and Labrador. Geologically the Northern Atlantic is the area delimited to the south by two conjugate margins, Newfoundland and Iberia, and to the north by the Arctic Eurasian Basin. In 1497 John Cabot became the first to explore mainland North America and one of his major discoveries was the abundant resources of Atlantic cod off Newfoundland. Nearly at the same time, between 1499 and 1502 brothers Gaspar and Miguel Corte Real explored and named the coasts of Greenland and also Newfoundland. In 1583, Humphrey Gilbert sailed to Newfoundland, taking possession of the harbour of St John's together with all land within two hundred leagues to the north and south of it. Show More Sentences In 1583 he embarked on a second attempt, on this occasion to the island of Newfoundland whose harbour he formally claimed for England, although no settlers were left behind. Due to the warming influence of the Gulf Stream, the UK is significantly warmer than some other locations at similar latitude, such as Newfoundland. During the Viking Age, Scandinavian men and women travelled to many parts of Europe and beyond, in a cultural diaspora that left its traces from Newfoundland to Byzantium. Bacon played a leading role in establishing the British colonies in North America, especially in Virginia, the Carolinas and Newfoundland in northeastern Canada. The Union Flag was also the official flag of the Dominion of Newfoundland and continued in use there after Newfoundland became a Canadian province. They provided a new model which politicians in New Zealand, Newfoundland, South Africa, Ireland, India, Malaysia could point to for their own relationship with Britain. It is considerably warmer than other areas at the same latitude on the other side of the Atlantic, such as in Newfoundland, because it lies downwind of the Atlantic Ocean. Bermuda and Newfoundland were not originally included in the agreement, but both were added to it, with no war material received by the UK in exchange. For there blows some cold nor'westers on the Banks of Newfoundland. Irish was spoken as a community language in Canada until the early 20th century on the island of Newfoundland, in a form known as Newfoundland Irish, and in New Brunswick. They fished the coastal waters and farmed the shores of what became Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and the St Lawrence River valley of Quebec. Furthermore, Newfoundland is occasionally listed as a separate country at the 1904 Olympics, and would be listed as a historical NOC without medals. He pitched his first freelance feature to Canadian Geographic... a cover story about the province's plaguelike overpopulation of moose, also known as Newfoundland speed bumps. There was, however, a settlement on the island of Newfoundland. The government of Newfoundland and Labrador refuses to recognize or negotiate with the Inuit of NunatuKavut until their claim has been accepted by the Government of Canada. Off the Atlantic coast of Canada, leatherback turtles feed in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence near Quebec and as far north as Newfoundland and Labrador. The northwest Atlantic population of at least 67 individuals ranges from Labrador and Newfoundland to New England with sightings to Cape Cod and Long Island. Philip's, Newfoundland and Labrador, long before the French and English in the 17th century, and being just one of many Portuguese Colonizations of the Americas. Belzebub II departed Newfoundland following the coast of Greenland to Qaanaaq before tracking the sea ice to Grise Fiord, Canada's most northern community. Cherbourg shipowners were absent from significant fishing, including that of cod on the banks of Newfoundland, which was a specialty of Granville. Show More Sentences Kearsarge was recommissioned on 15 May 1879 for four years of duty in the North Atlantic ranging from Newfoundland to the Caribbean Sea and the coast of Panama. Large continental islands occupied by wolves included Newfoundland, Vancouver Island, southeastern Alaskan islands, and throughout the Arctic Archipelago and Greenland. This plain, south of Newfoundland, is now known as the Sohm Abyssal Plain. Her father was a Beothuk and mother a Mi'kmaq, both from Newfoundland. The Second World War also had a lasting effect on Newfoundland. The first flag to specifically represent Newfoundland is thought to have been an image of a green fir tree on a pink background that was in use in the early 19th century. In 1931 the Newfoundland National Assembly adopted the Union Jack as the official national flag, with the Red and Blue Ensigns retained as ensigns for shipping identification. Newfoundland has the most Dorset culture archeological sites. The island of Newfoundland has numerous provincial parks such as Barachois Pond Provincial Park, considered to be a model forest, as well as two national parks. Successful explorations led to Norse settlement of Greenland and the L'Anse aux Meadows settlement in Newfoundland some 500 years before Columbus. Much of the known pirate activity that took place in the Northern Atlantic was along the Eastern Seaboard of Canada and the US mainland, from Newfoundland to the Florida Keys. Newfoundland's fishery fell under the management of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans in 1949, when Newfoundland joined Canada as a province. Trade with Spain, the Netherlands, the Antilles, the cod fishery off the shores of Newfoundland, and construction sites maintained a high level of activity in the port. Colliding tectonic plates have shaped much of the geology of Newfoundland. By the time that European contact with Newfoundland began in the early 16th century, the Beothuk were the only indigenous group living permanently on the island. This suggests that when the Vikings abandoned their colonization of Newfoundland around 1000 AD, they might have brought back Beothuk women to Europe. The Battle of Signal Hill took place in Newfoundland in 1762 when a French force landed and tried to occupy the island, only to be repulsed by the British. It is now a province of Canada known as Newfoundland and Labrador. As documents in British and Canadian archives came available in the 1980s, it became clear that both Canada and the United Kingdom wanted Newfoundland to join Canada. After Newfoundland and Labrador joined Canada in 1949, government grants fostered a supportive environment for visual artists, primarily painters. Show More Sentences The visual arts of the province developed significantly in the second half of the century, with the return of young Newfoundland artists who had studied abroad. In 2015, Philippa Jones became the first Newfoundland and Labrador artist to be included in the National Gallery of Canada contemporary art biennial. Newfoundland and Labrador has a folk musical heritage based on the Irish, English and Scottish traditions that were brought to its shores centuries ago. The collection has humorous and sympathetic portraits of Newfoundland characters, and creates an elegiac mood in poems concerning sea tragedies or Great War losses. Several smaller ferries connect numerous other coastal towns and offshore island communities around the island of Newfoundland and up the Labrador coast as far north as Nain. The society was active in the English colonisation of North America, helping to establish the Bristol's Hope and Cuper's Cove colonies in Newfoundland. Newfoundland cod formed one leg of a triangular trade that sent cod to Spain and the Mediterranean, and wine, fruit, olive oil, and cork to England. The Battle of Signal Hill was fought in Newfoundland in 1762, when a French force landed and tried to occupy the island, only to be repulsed by the British. In 1895 Newfoundland again rejected the possibility of joining Canada. The First World War was supported with near unanimity in Newfoundland. Fears of a permanent American presence in Newfoundland caused the Canadian government to attempt to persuade the island to join the Canadian Confederation. Canada's primary interest, however, was from the fear that an independent Newfoundland would join the United States due to their economic and military ties. In 1945 London announced that a Newfoundland National Convention would be elected to advise on what constitutional choices should to be voted on by referendum. The economic impact of the closure of the Atlantic cod fishery on Newfoundland has been compared to the effect of closing every manufacturing plant in Ontario. Use of three collections of Newfoundland songs demonstrates how by 1930 or so a Newfoundland song culture had replaced earlier cultural traditions. Cartier left for France in early June 1542, encountering Roberval and his ships along the Newfoundland coast, at about the time Roberval marooned Marguerite de La Rocque. His first landfall was at Newfoundland and the second at Cape Cod. The ten provinces are Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, and Saskatchewan. In Newfoundland the struggle for the free press was much more violent. In North America it breeds from Alaska and Newfoundland south to the Gulf Coast and Florida, wintering further south from the southern United States through to Argentina. Show More Sentences It is possible that smuggling was the town's most significant trade at this time, though cod fishing in Newfoundland was also of great importance. In 2005 Fergus O'Byrne and Jim Payne from Newfoundland were the 'headline' artists at that year's festival which celebrated the town's links with that region. But once upon a time, bitterns nested in every pothole marsh and every streamside cattail patch from British Columbia to Newfoundland and from Florida to California. Her Majesty's Government do not interpret these expressions in any sense derogatory to the sovereign authority of Great Britain in the territorial waters of Newfoundland. The spawning time of sea scallops varies latitudinally across its range, which extends from the Strait of Belle Isle, Newfoundland, to Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. Mafic-ultramafic bodies of possible ophiolitic origin are widespread within the northern part of the Dashwoods Subzone of the Newfoundland Appalachians. Newfoundland dogs use breaststroke rather than doggy paddle and, while they are not the fastest of swimmers, their large lung capacity helps them cover extreme distances. Examples from Classical Literature He appears to be of the Newfoundland breed, of a common size, wire-haired, and extremely lean. An agreement was also reached regarding the Newfoundland and Labrador fisheries. On arriving at Peter Harbour he ran away, and hired himself as a splitter to the Newfoundland cod fishery. Roger stepped on the shelving bank, below the swimming hole, dripping water like a big Newfoundland dog. The French had sent a few fishermen to the Banks of Newfoundland, and that was all. There it turns off eastwardly, having formed by its eddy, at this turn, the Banks of Newfoundland. His father was supposed to be a huge black and white Newfoundland that came over in a schooner from Miquelon. The Arctic fox is common in Labrador, but also in the northern peninsula of Newfoundland. The harp seal frequents the coast of Newfoundland and is so named from the harp-shaped band which marks the backs of the males. Laura left the Newfoundland on the landing-place, and went back to her father. That day at Aldershot every man was given a chance to go back to Newfoundland. Calvin was born July 4th,1928 in Somerville, Massachusetts after his parents immigrated to the United States from Newfoundland. Then I heard the anguished bellow of a Himalayan cow-one of the little black crummies no bigger than Newfoundland dogs. Cartier sailed from St. Malo to Newfoundland in twenty days. The colony is ecclesiastically attached to the bishopric of Newfoundland. The general says Mr. Saxton is a Newfoundland and Warry a fox terrier. A Shetland pony, no larger than a Newfoundland dog, was his riding animal. He is a member of Ottawa Independent Writers, Capital Crime Writers, the Crime Writers of Canada and the Newfoundland Writers' Guild. The story of Methodism in Newfoundland, reads like a bit of romance. A level bottom, like that supporting the American cable between Valentia and Newfoundland, is much better. Show More Sentences And so it went on till they lost sight of him in the fogs off Newfoundland, and supposed he had veered ship and stood for Dead Man's Isle. The fishing banks off the Coast of Newfoundland have suddenly sunk. A suggestion to attack Placentia in Newfoundland was rejected. Three were short-haired pointers, one was a Newfoundland, and the other two were mongrels of indeterminate breed. These dogs are a cross between the Newfoundland and the pyrenean. A gamekeeper had a Newfoundland dog which he used as a retriever. I wake every night and see in my room, intently watching me, a big black Newfoundland dog with a white forefoot. Welch Ptarmigan, found in Newfoundland, is said to be grayer in summer. That the staple trade of the place is the Newfoundland trade. It has been a success, even if only the corpse is left in Newfoundland. One of the foggiest places in the world is Grand Banks which is off the island of Newfoundland in Canada. The Grand Banks, the body of water off the east coast of Newfoundland, Canada, is considered the foggiest place on Earth. That dog is a pure cross between a Siberian wolfhound and a Newfoundland. Find more words! 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