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In 1999, Inditex purchased 90% of Stradivarius shares for €108 million and the remaining 10% in 2005, keeping Jordi Triquell, son of the founder, Francisco Triquell, as director. [ 3 ] One of the most characteristic symbols of the company is the treble clef which in the former logo is standing out for the substitution of the first "S" of the ...
The cottage is recognized as a National Historic Site of Canada. [4] The cottage was the home of the Mallards, a fishing family, until the 1980s. In 1985, the cottage became an antique shop. [5] In 2011, the cottage was purchased and restored along guidelines set out by the Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador.
The Lewis Hills are a section of the Long Range Mountains located on the west coast of Newfoundland, along the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.. An ophiolite and Peridotite complex, the Lewis Hills are the southernmost of four such complexes [1] located within the Humber Arm Allochthon, a world-renowned geological area.
The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador Environment and Conservation Department, Parks and Natural Areas Division maintains a number of full-use, day use and natural scenic attraction parks, as well as a set of Provincial Park Reserves in both the island and mainland portions of the province.
The East Coast Trail (ECT) is a long-distance coastal footpath located in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is a developed trail over 336 kilometres (209 mi) long, [1] the creation of which began in 1994. It is made up of 25 linked wilderness paths and passes through more than 30 communities. [2]
The Great Northern Peninsula of Western Newfoundland contains the Highlands, the largest external basement massif of the Grenville Orogeny in the Appalachian Orogen.This Precambrian basement is known as the Long Range Inlier, Long Range Complex or Basement Gneiss Complex, consisting of quartz-feldspar gneisses and granites that are up to 1,550 million years in age.
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.
Sheshatshiu (Innu pronunciation:) [6] is an Innu federal reserve and designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.The reserve is approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of Happy Valley-Goose Bay.