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A sod farm structure in Iceland Saskatchewan sod house, circa 1900 Unusually well appointed interior of a sod house, North Dakota, 1937. The sod house or soddy [1] was an often used alternative to the log cabin during frontier settlement of the Great Plains of Canada and the United States in the 1800s and early 1900s. [2]
The Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial, a National Historic Site commemorating Dominion of Newfoundland forces killed during World War I, is located in France. Numerous National Historic Events also occurred across Newfoundland & Labrador, and are identified at places associated with them, using the same style of federal plaque which marks ...
Labrador Eskimos arrived 500 years ago, as a branch of Thule expansion. In the 1920s, Junius Bird, a researcher with the American Museum of Natural History surveyed parts of the Labrador coast and discovered the ruins of sod houses, which he excavated. Evidence at the site indicated that it was an extension of Thule culture, along with some ...
This article is a list of historic places in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador entered on the Canadian Register of Historic Places, whether they are federal, provincial, or municipal. Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap
One well documented Labrador Métis sod house was the home of an English trader, Charles Williams, and his Métis (Scots-Inuit) wife, Mary. The house was constructed in the mid- to late-19th century and was inhabited perhaps as late as 1915. [6] [7] [39]
This article is a list of historic places in central Newfoundland. These properties are entered on the Canadian Register of Historic Places , whether they are federal, provincial, or municipal. The list contains entries from communities in census divisions 2 , 3 , 6 , and 8 .
This is a list of historic places in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador entered on the Canadian Register of Historic Places, whether they are federal, provincial, or municipal. For reasons of length, the list has been divided as follows: St. John's; Avalon Peninsula except St. John's; Labrador; Western Newfoundland; Central Newfoundland
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