The Spirits of Castle Hill: Newfoundland’s Most Haunted Fortress?
Where history, memory, and imagination meet above the waters of Placentia Bay High above the sheltered harbour of Placentia, where seabirds ride the coastal winds…
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Pirates of Newfoundland: The Outlaws Who Once Ruled the North Atlantic
Long before the exploits of Blackbeard, Captain Kidd, and the swashbuckling pirates of popular fiction, Newfoundland’s rugged coastline found itself at the centre of a…
A New Flag, Familiar Traditions: Newfoundland’s First Dominion Day as a Canadian Province
On July 1, 1949, Newfoundland celebrated Canada’s national holiday for the very first time—but it was also a day of remembrance, reflection, and the beginning…
The First Peoples of Newfoundland and Labrador
For thousands of years before Europeans reached these shores, generations of Indigenous peoples shaped the lands, waters, and traditions of what is now Newfoundland and…
Why Ron Hynes Still Speaks to the Heart of Newfoundland
How one songwriter transformed the stories, struggles, and spirit of Newfoundland and Labrador into music that still echoes around the world. Long after the final…
Where the Caribou Still Stands: Newfoundland’s Sacrifice at Beaumont-Hamel
More than a century after one of the darkest days in Newfoundland’s history, a lone bronze caribou still watches over the fields where courage met…
The Explorer Who Tried to Save the Beothuk: William Eppes Cormack’s Incredible Journey
One man’s extraordinary trek across Newfoundland became far more than an expedition—it became a race against time to reach a people already disappearing. On a…
The Story of Bonavista: Newfoundland’s Gateway to the New World
For more than five centuries, this windswept Newfoundland town has stood at the crossroads of exploration, the Atlantic fishery, and the story of a nation….
Behind the Stone Walls of Ridley Hall, Newfoundland’s Grandest Mansion
How a magnificent stone estate overlooking Harbour Grace became the social heart of nineteenth-century Newfoundland—and why its haunting ruins still capture the imagination today. Few…
Ferryland: The Newfoundland Colony That Existed Long Before Canada
There are few places in Newfoundland and Labrador where the past feels quite as close as it does in Ferryland. Stand beside the sheltered waters…