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  • The Anglo-American Leased Bases Agreement
    The United States obtained the right to build military bases in Newfoundland by the Leased Bases Agreement signed with Britain on March 27, 1941.
  • The 1985 Canada-Newfoundland Atlantic Accord
    The 1985 Atlantic Accord is an agreement between the Newfoundland and Labrador and Ottawa concerning the management of the oil and gas reserves.
  • Bay d'Espoir Hydro-Electric Project
    Information about the Bay d'Espoir Hydro-Electric project started by Premier Joseph Smallwood to create a province-wide power network.
  • The 1969 Contract: Churchill Falls
    A contract created in 1969 between the Smallwood government and Hydro-Quebec that sold the water rights of Churchill falls for a term of 40 years.
  • Come By Chance Oil Refinery
    During the mid-1960s, American entrepreneur John Shaheen arranged with Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Joseph Smallwood to construct an oil refinery at Come By Chance.
  • Great Depression - Impacts on the Working Class
    The Great Depression was a time of widespread poverty and suffering in Newfoundland and Labrador.
  • Develop or Perish: Smallwood's Development Approach
    When J.R. Smallwood's government took office, its agenda was to develop, diversify, and modernize the economy of Newfoundland and Labrador.
  • Economic Changes, 1815-1832
    The reform era was a time of economic hardship. The end of the Napoleonic Wars plunged the colony into an economic depression lasting for years.
  • Electrification
    A look at the development of electricity in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador in the 2nd half of the 20th century.
  • ERCO and Long Harbour
    One of the industries which the Smallwood government managed to lure to the province with the promise of cheap power was the ERCO.
  • Gander Airport and World War II
    Gander's airport was the largest on the planet in 1940 and played a crucial role in ferrying aircraft from North America to Britain during the WWII.
  • Goose Bay
    The Canadian airfield at Goose Bay, Labrador, impacted its surroundings dramatically during the Second World War.
  • Government Response to the Great Depression
    The outbreak of the Great Depression in the fall of 1929 caused much economic hardship in Newfoundland and Labrador.
  • The Grimes Government, 2001-2003
    The Grimes government was a difficult period for the provincial Liberals, marked by internal strife, declining popularity, and strong PC opposition.
  • John C. Doyle
    Information about Smallwood's advisor, John C. Doyle, and how he affected development of Newfoundland and Labrador.
  • Labrador West
    Large-scale and lucrative mining developments dominated Labrador West during the 1950s and 1960s.
  • Leased Bases - Agreement
    Agreement between the Governments of the United Kingdom and the United States of America relating to the Bases Leased to the United States of America
  • Leased Bases Timeline: American Presence in Newfoundland
    A timeline of the leased bases agreement established between Britain and the United States to create military bases in Newfoundland.
  • "The Third Mill": Labrador Linerboard Ltd., 1973-1977
    Development, construction, and fate of the third linerboard mill in Newfoundland and Labrador, created in Stephenville by the Smallwood government.
  • Lundrigan-Butler Affair
    The events surrounding the Lundrigan-Butler affair, perhaps the most celeberated legal case in Newfoundland and Labrador history, where two fisherman were publically whipped for outstanding debts to a local merchant.

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