L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site

World Heritage

Canada

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At the tip of the Great Northern Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland, remains of an 11th-century Viking settlement provide evidence of the first European presence in North America. Excavated remains of timber-framed peat-turf buildings are similar to those found in Greenland and Iceland in northern Europe.

# North America

# Newfoundland

# National Historic Site

# Viking settlement

# European

# Timber-framed peat-turf buildings