NEWFOUNDLAND

GEOGRAPHICAL AREA

• Climate varies
• 21 century = 1% of land used for agriculture
• Population = 514536 (2011)
• 4 different First Nation cultures

ECONOMIC RESOURCES

• Fishing industry
• Mining
• Iron = 90%, gold,silver,limestone,stone,gravel,etc = 10%
• Food = potatoes, hay, turnips, carrots, cabbage, blueberries, and livestock
• Labour force= fishers, miners, farmers

EVENTS AND IMPORTANT PEOPLE

• First inhabitants = Beothuk, First Nations
• Vikings from Greenland = first European visitors
• Islands bays occupied
• English settlements raided by French in 1662
• November 20 2001 Canadian parliament adopted Newfoundland

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