At the tip of Newfoundland’s Great Northern Peninsula lies the first known evidence of European presence in the Americas. Here Norse expeditions sailed from Greenland, building a small encampment of timber-and-sod buildings over 1000 years ago Against a stunning backdrop of rugged cliffs, bog, and coastline, discover the fascinating archaeological remains of the Viking encampment, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1978. You’ll meet costumed Viking interpreters as you tour the recreated base camp and discover original artifacts from this internationally renowned archaeological find. À l’extrémité de la péninsule Great Northern de Terre-Neuve se trouve la plus ancienne preuve de la présence européenne en Amérique. Il y a plus de 1000 ans, des marins scandinaves, en provenance du Groenland, y ont construit un petit campement de bâtiments en bois recouverts de gazon. Dans un décor spectaculaire de falaises, de tourbières et de côtes accidentées, découvrez les vestiges archéologiques fascinants d’un campement viking, en visitant ce site inscrit sur la liste du patrimoine mondial de l’UNESCO en 1978. Rencontrez des animateurs-guides costumés en vikings, à l’occasion de votre exploration du campement de base reconstitué et découvrez des artéfacts originaux provenant de ce lieu archéologique mondialement reconnu. Source: Parks Canada Website (2022)

Established: 1968 For More Information Please Visit The OFFICIAL PARKS CANADA WEBSITE Pour plus d’informations veuillez visiter LE SITE WEB OFFICIEL DE PARCS CANADA Newfoundland and Labrador Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador

L'Anse aux Meadows NHS and UNESCO World Heritage Site Management Plan Public Consultation Report / Plan directeur du site du patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO et du LHN de L'Anse aux Meadows Rapport de consultation publique (Parks Canada, 2018)

Management Plan / Plan directeur (Parks Canada, 2003)

Management Plan / Plan directeur (Parks Canada, 2019)

Archaeological Survey and Excavations at L'Anse Aux Meadows National Historic Site of Canada (Todd Kristensen, Jenneth Curtis and M.A.P. Renouf, extract from Provincial Archaeology Office 2008 Archaeology Review, Vol. 7, February 2009)

Evidence for European presence in the Americas in AD 1021 (Margot Kuitems, Birgitta L. Wallace, Charles Lindsay, Andrea Scifo, Petra Doeve, Kevin Jenkins, Susanne Lindauer, Pınar Erdil, Paul M. Ledger, Véronique Forbes, Caroline Vermeeren, Ronny Friedrich and Michael W. Dee, extract from Nature, October 20, 2021)

Impacts of Sea-Level Rise on the Archaeological Resources of Port au Choix and L'Anse aux Meadows national historic sites and adjacent areas, northwest Newfoundland: Reducing uncertainty in risk assessment modelling through improved archaeological site information (C.E. Robinson, T. Bell, M.A. Storey and A. Pollard-Belsheim, extract from Provincial Archaeology Office 2013 Archaeology Review, Vol. 12, March 2014)

Les Méduses dans la Marée de l'Histoire: L'Anse aux Meadows, Nan Sdins and Cultural Heritage Agendas (Philip Hayward, extract from Island Studies Journal, Vol. 3 No. 2, 2008)

New horizons at L'Anse aux Meadows (Paul M. Ledger, Linus Girdland-Flink and Véronique Forbes, extract from PNAS, Vol. 116 No. 31, July 30 2019)

Parks Canada Archaeological Survey and Excavations at L'Anse aux Meadows, National Historic Site of Canada (Todd Kristensen and Jenneth Curtis, extract from Provincial Archaeology Office 2007 Archaeology Review, Vol. 6, February 2008)

Parks Canada Projects in Newfoundland and Labrador in 2010 (Jenneth Curtis, extract from Provincial Archaeology Office 2010 Archaeology Review, Vol. 9, March 2011)

Peat Bog Excavations at L'Anse aux Meadows 2018-2019 (Véronique Forbes, Paul Ledger, Linus Girdland-Flink, Dawn Elise Mooney, Bryn Tapper and Allan Wolfrum, extract from Provincial Archaeology Office 2020 Archaeology Review, Vol. 19, March 2021)

"Situating L'Anse aux Meadows in the Vinland Sagas" (Birgitta Wallace, Icelandic National League, 2014)

Underwater Archaeology at L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site of Canada in 2008 (Charles Dagneau and Jonathan Moore, extract from Provincial Archaeology Office 2008 Archaeology Review, Vol. 7, February 2009)

Underwater Archaeology at L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site of Canada in 2009 (Charles Dagneau and Jonathan Moore, extract from Provincial Archaeology Office 2009 Archaeology Review, Vol. 8, March 2010)

Vinland Revisited: The Norse World at the Turn of the First Millennium Selected papers from the Viking Millennium International Symposium, Sept. 15-24, 2000, Newfoundland and Labrador (Shannon Lewis-Simpson, ed., ©Historic Sites Association of Newfoundland and Labrador, Inc., 2003, all rights reserved)

Completing The Circle - L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site (Parks Canada) 5:22 (Sound Venture Productions, 2013)

The Man Who Discovered America 20:00 (Ralph Maud, National Film Board of Canada, 1981)

The Vinland Mystery 28:00 (William Pettigrew, National Film Board of Canada, 1984)