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1919 – St. John's was the starting point for the first non-stop transatlantic aircraft flight, by Alcock and Brown in a modified Vickers Vimy IV bomber, in June 1919, departing from Lester's Field in St. John's and ending in a bog near Clifden, Connemara, Ireland. [6] 1924 – National War Memorial (Newfoundland) unveiled on July 1.
The route was intended to travel from St. Louis, Missouri, to St. Paul, Minnesota, by way of Ottumwa, Oskaloosa, Des Moines, Boone, Fort Dodge, Humboldt, and Algona. [17] Through southern Iowa, it was not immediately known where the trail would be located.
Newfoundland was long inhabited by indigenous peoples of the Dorset culture and the Beothuk, who spoke the now-extinct Beothuk language.. The island was possibly visited by the Icelandic explorer Leif Erikson in the 11th century as a rest settlement when heading farther south to the land believed to be closer to the mouth of the St. Lawrence River called "Vinland". [11]
Newfoundland and Labrador had a population of 505,469 (2005 estimate) and a population density of 1.27 per km 2 (3.1 per sq mi). The provincial capital is St. John's, which had a population of 181,113 in 2005). St John's is located at the extreme eastern edge of the island on the Avalon Peninsula. The other cities are Mount Pearl and Corner Brook
A month after the new road opened, city officials in Maquoketa complained about US 61 motorists running a four-way stop at the intersection with Iowa 64. Traffic on Iowa 64 carried speed limits of 25 and 45 mph (40 and 70 km/h) on either side of the crossing while US 61 had a 70 mph (115 km/h) speed limit.
Gaultheria procumbens, also called the eastern teaberry, the checkerberry, [a] the boxberry, or the American wintergreen, is a species of Gaultheria native to northeastern North America from Newfoundland west to southeastern Manitoba, and south to Alabama. [1] It is a member of the Ericaceae (heath family). [2]
The Newfoundland comes in only three colors: black, brown or landseer (black and white), although the AKC recognizes gray, too. Splashes of white on the chest, toes, and tip of tail is permitted.
The Great Northern Peninsula (or simply just the Northern Peninsula) is the largest and longest peninsula of Newfoundland, Canada, approximately 270 km long and 90 km wide at its widest point and encompassing an area of 17,483 km 2.