Matching Articles"Settlement" (Total 13)

  • Fishing Admirals
    The 'fishing admiral' was a label assigned to the first ship captain who entered the harbour at the start of the fishing season.
  • Law and the Fishing Admirals
    An article on the Newfoundland Fishing Admirals and the Law up to 1729.
  • Royal Navy in the Early 18th Century
    An article on the royal navy in Newfoundland in the Early 18th Century.
  • Eastport Peninsula: Family Origins
    A permanent population in the Salvage-Barrow Harbour area from the 1780s up to the 1820s was created by families who came to fish for cod.
  • Irish Migration
    Irish migrations began in the late-17th century and peaked in the early 19th century, when up to 35,000 Irish arrived on the island.
  • The Irish in Newfoundland
    The Irish migrations to Newfoundland, and the associated provisions trade, represent the oldest connections between Ireland and Canada.
  • Irish Settlement Patterns
    The cod fishery and its mercantile activities greatly influenced Irish settlement patterns in Newfoundland and Labrador.
  • English Migration: Seasonal, Temporary and Permanent
    Newfoundland experienced three types of migration from the English West Country: seasonal, temporary and permanent.
  • Eastport Peninsula: Migratory Fishery and Early Settlement
    About the migratory fishery and early English settlement on the Eastport Peninsula.
  • Population
    About the population of Newfoundland during the 17th and 18th centuries.
  • Scottish Settlement Patterns in NL
    Mercantile and agricultural activities influenced the settlement patterns of Scottish immigrants to Newfoundland and Labrador during the 19th century.
  • Scottish in NL
    The major Scottish migrations to Newfoundland and Labrador occurred in the 19th century and involved two unrelated phases.
  • English Settlement
    The initial establishment of a British population in Newfoundland can be traced to the English colonizing schemes in the early 17th century.

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