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)
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Brochures
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Open House 2017
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History on the Edge Western Newfoundland and Labrador National Historic Sites 2018
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Au couer de l'histoire Lieux historiques nationaux Ouest de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador 2018
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History on the Edge Western Newfoundland and Labrador National Historic Sites 2019
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Au couer de l'histoire Lieux historiques nationaux Ouest de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador 2019
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Visitor Guide Western Newfoundland and Labrador National Historic Sites 2020
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Guide du visiteur Lieux historiques nationaux Ouest de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador 2020
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Visitor Guide Western Newfoundland and Labrador National Historic Sites 2022
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Guide du visiteur Lieux historiques nationaux Ouest de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador 2022
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Visitor Guide Western Newfoundland and Labrador National Historic Sites 2023
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Guide du visiteur Lieux historiques nationaux Ouest de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador 2023
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Maps
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Documents
Management Documents
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)
Historical Documents
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)
Videos
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)
Books/Livres
The following visual bibliography is just a
sampling of the books which have been published for this park.
ParksCanadaHistory.com does not endorse these, but are merely presenting them for
informational purposes only. As most are copyrighted, we are only able
to provide the covers, and not contents, of these publications.
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Westward to Vinland Helge Ingstad 1969
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The Discovery of a Norse Settlement in America: Excavations at L'Anse Aux Meadows, Newfoundland 1961-1968 Anne Stine Ingstad 1977
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Viking Discovery: L'Anse Aux Meadow Joan Horwood 1985
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The Norse Discovery of America: Volume Two Helge Ingstad 1986
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The Viking Discovery of America: The Excavation of a Norse Settlement in L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland Helge Ingstad 2000
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The Viking Discovery of America: The Excavation of a Norse Settlement in L'Anse Aux Meadows, Newfoundland Helge Ingstad and Anne Stine Ingstad 2001
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Vinland Revisited: The Norse World at the Turn of the First Millenium Shannon Lewis-Simpson 2003
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Westward Vikings: The Saga of L'Anse aux Meadows Birgitta Linderoth Wallace 2006
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Gateway to the Vikings: L'Anse aux Meadows Randall J. Morris 2014
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