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  • The Railway and Newfoundland Society
    It was anticipated from the first that the railway would transform Newfoundland and its society as a whole.
  • Newfoundland Railway Steamers
    On the completion of the railway line, there was an attempt to consolidate and expand coastal steamship services in Newfoundland and Labrador...
  • Telegraphy in Newfoundland and Labrador
    The first telegraph system in Newfoundland was established as part and parcel of a scheme to land a trans-atlantic telegraph cable in Newfoundland.
  • Newfoundland Railway
    The Newfoundland railway operated for a little over a century. From 1882-97 the trains ran over completed portions of a projected trans-insular line.
  • Reid Descendants
    Reid Descendants--Society--Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage Web
  • The Reid Family
    Robert Gillespie Reid and his descendants left an imprint on numerous aspects of Newfoundland business, politics and society.
  • The Reid Lands
    Few issues surrounding the Newfoundland Railway attracted as much controversy as the lands grants made under various construction contracts...
  • The Reid Newfoundland Company
    In 1911 P.T. McGrath wrote of the Reid Newfoundland Company that it was 'the biggest paymaster in the Island, bigger even than the government.'
  • Robert Gillespie Reid
    Biography of the patriarch of the Newfoundland Reid family, Robert Gillespie Reid.
  • The Sailing Seal Fishery
    The first sealing vessels from St. John's sailed to the ice in 1793. Following their successful expedition, the sailing seal fishery expanded rapidly.
  • 20th Century Salt Fish Marketing Organizations
    Throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the Newfoundland salt fish industry faced marketing problems.
  • 19th Century Salt Fish Markets, 1793-1850s
    From the arrival of Europeans until the 20th century, Newfoundland was valued mainly for its rich marine resources, especially cod.
  • 19th Century Salt Fish Markets, 1850-1914
    The first half of the nineteenth century saw changes in the markets for Newfoundland salt fish.
  • 20th Century Salt Fish Markets: 1914-1992
    At the outbreak of war in 1914, the Newfoundland fishery was already in trouble.
  • The Newfoundland and Labrador Seal Fishery
    The bulk of seals taken annually in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and off the eastern coasts of Newfoundland and Labrador are Greenland seals, or harps.
  • Social and Economic Impacts
    The growth of land-based industries during the first half of the 20th century helped diversify Newfoundland and Labrador's economy into sectors other than the fishery.
  • The St. Lawrence Fluorspar Mines: A Brief History
    An account of the Fluorspar mines in St. Lawrence, Newfoundland from creation to closure.
  • Tourism after Confederation
    Newfoundland and Labrador's tourism industry continued to grow after Confederation, but at a slow pace.
  • Tourism before Confederation
    Newfoundland's tourism industry dates back to the 1890s, when advances in rail and ocean transportation made the colony more accessible than before.
  • Trade and Commerce
    A history of the merchant community in Newfoundland and its effect on trade and commerce

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