L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site of Canada

History

In the past four to five thousand years, many people have lived at l'Anse aux Meadows; some stayed longer than others. Among these people was a small group of Norse sailors. The remains of their camp, discovered in 1960 by Helge and Anne Stine Ingstad, is the oldest known European settlement of the New World.

• Brief History
  5000 years of human habitation at L'Anse aux Meadows !
• The Vinland Saga
  A brief summary
• Discovery of the Site and Initial Excavations
  (1960-68).
• Native Sites
• Further Excavations by Parks Canada
  (1973-76).
• Is l' Anse aux Meadows Vinland?
• For further reading

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