1 L’ANSE AUX MEADOWS NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE
NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR, CANADA
On the tip of the Great Northern Peninsula on Newfoundland Island lies the first and only confirmed location of Viking settlement in the Americas. The site features eight Viking-style turf structures, similar to other Atlantic migration sites in Greenland and Iceland, four workshops, three dwellings, and a forge. Artefacts found at the settlement after archaeological digs suggest to historians that it was likely this site was used for woodworking, ironworking and as a place for Viking settlers to explore further south. Today L’Anse aux Meadows is
