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Continental U.S. physiographic regions. Region 12e identifies the Dissected Till Plains. The Dissected Till Plains are physiographic sections of the Central Lowlands province, which in turn is part of the Interior Plains physiographic division of the United States, located in southern and western Iowa, northeastern Kansas, the southwestern corner of Minnesota, northern Missouri, eastern ...
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
Use of three collections of Newfoundland songs [79] demonstrates how by 1930 or so a Newfoundland song culture had replaced earlier cultural traditions. These songs suggest that the island was still a cultural mosaic; some outports were completely Irish, others were West Country, and in a few ethnically mixed communities, including St. John's ...
Newfoundland and its neighbouring small islands (excluding French possessions) have an area of 111,390 km 2 (43,010 sq mi). [19] Newfoundland extends between latitudes 46°36′N and 51°38′N. [20] [21] Labrador is also roughly triangular in shape: the western part of its border with Quebec is the drainage divide of the Labrador Peninsula ...
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]
The Newfoundland belongs to the working dog group and deservedly so. This is a wonderfully versatile breed that can turn its paw to many jobs, from towing fishermen’s carts, to hauling logs in ...
Growing up, I had a Newfoundland dog, which was an odd choice for our tropical climate, and one that made him particularly miserable in the hot Florida summers. Predictably, he absolutely loved ...
Louisa County was formed on December 7, 1836, as a part of Wisconsin Territory. [3] Two theories have been offered for the origins of its name: one is that it was named after Louisa Massey, [4] who was very well known in the area at the time because she avenged the murder of her brother when she shot the party responsible; the other is that it was named after Louisa County, Virginia. [5]