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L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site

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L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site

An 11th century Viking settlement-the first European presence in North America

At the tip of the Great Northern Peninsula of the island of Newfoundland, the remains of an 11th-century Viking settlement are evidence of the first European presence in North America. The excavated remains of wood-framed peat-turf buildings are similar to those found in Norse Greenland and Iceland.

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