The Island of Newfoundland has a population of 545,000 in an area of 43,359 square miles. Canada's newest province, the Newfoundland and Labrador joined the Confederation on March 31, 1949. One of the earliest areas of settlement on the western Atlantic, Newfoundland has an Indian burial ground that dates back 4,000 years, was the site of a Norse settlement around 1000 A.D., and was "officially" discovered by John Cabot in 1497. While much of the island is bleak and barren, there is also much of stunning splendor: rugged mountains and headlands, evergreen-margined inlets and harbors, vast bogs and fens, tidy "19th-century" fishing villages.

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In late June brings spring blooming of wildflowers, nesting of sea and forest birds, icebergs along the coast and (with luck) the capelin "scull," when capelin come in by the millions to spawn on the shoals. While visiting, take in the seabird rookeries, national parks and historic sites, whale watching cruises, and spend a night in quaint outports, and a chance to see a moose or a caribou.

Organized tourism is still in its infancy in Newfoundland. Hostelries are plain, the food unimaginative, service unhurried. But this simplicity has its own allure. You are invite you to explore Newfoundland before this becomes a thing of the past.

St.John's at night from Signal Hill Signal Hill, overlooks the city of St. John's and its impressive harbor. Signal Hill was used as a lookout and site of fortifications during the English-French conflicts of the 17th and 18th centuries. The Queen's Battery, and Cabot Tower. Constructed in 1898, the Tower houses exhibits commemorating Guglielmo Marconi, who received the first transatlantic wireless transmission from Signal Hill in 1901.	Cabot Tower	St.John's from the hill
Middle Cove	Outter Cove	Cabot Tower
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