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is the location of the 17th century Colony of Avalon. Founded by Sir George

Calvert in 1621, this is one of the earliest centers of the fishery on

Newfoundland’s shores, and one of the first settlements established in

North America. The site is currently being studied and excavated by Dr.

James Tuck of Memorial University of Newfoundland. Excavations are ongoing

at the site and you can visit the Colony of Avalon Vistors Center and see

some of the thousands of artifacts recovered, and watch as conservators

au Choix, located on the Great Northern Peninsula, has a rich history dating

back at least 5000 years! It is best known for its large Maritime Archaic

Indian cemetary (4400 – 3300 BP) which was excavated by Dr. James Tuck

in the 1970s and for its very large Palaeo-eskimo seal hunting sites (2800

– 1200 BP) excavated by Dr. Elmer Harp in the 1960s and by Dr. M. A. P.

Renouf in the 1980s and 1990s. The Maritime Archaic living site, which

was located after 20 years of searching is currently being excavated by

aux Meadows was discovered in 1960 by Anne Stine Ingstad and Helge Ingstad.

It is the only confirmed Norse settlement in the New World and dates to

approximately A.D. 1000. You can visit this National Historic Park and

site of a 16th century Basque Whaling station at Red Bay was discovered

by Selma Huxley Barkham in the early 1970s. When Red Bay was at its peak

between AD 1550 and 1600, it was the largest industrial operation in the

New World. Dr. James Tuck excavated the land site here between 1977 and

1992. The underwater site was excavated by Parks Canada from during the

late 1970s and 80s. An Interpretation Centre at the site highlights many

Dorset Palaeo-eskimo Soapstone Quarry at Fleur de Lys is the only known

Dorset soapstone quarry in Newfoundland and one of only a handful in the

world. The site is located on a cliff face in Fleur de Lys, at the tip

of the Baie Verte Peninsula in north central Newfoundland. A vistors centre

and interpretive trails are there to inform visitors about the site’s history.

Work has been done at the site in the 1980s and 90s by a number of archaeolgists

is the location of the first official European colony in Newfoundland.

The site of John Guy’s plantation, established in 1610 was originally called

Cupers Cove, although today the community is known as Cupids. Cupids is

located on the Avalon peninsula, east of St. John’s. Archaeologist Bill

Gilbert discovered this very early plantation by consulting John Guy’s

journal and other documents relating to the site. Summer visitors can witness

the ongoing excavation of the site and visit the Cupids Community Museum

on the southwest corner of the Province, near Port au Basques, the large

Dorset Palaeo-eskimo seal hunting site at Cape Ray is one of the most southerly

Dorset sites ever found! The site has been the focus of archaeological

research several times within the past several decades with work done by

Beaches site is a multi-component Maritime Archaic, Dorset Palaeo-eskimo,

and Recent Indian living site which has been occupied intermittently for

the past 5000 years. Paul Carignan worked at the Beaches site in the 1970s

and more recently, in the 1990s, the site was the focus of research for

Laurie McLean (Burnside Heritage Foundation) and Dr. Michael Deal (Memorial

is the site of the oldest known mound burial in North America! The site

is located on the Labrador side of the Strait of Belle Isle and dates to

7500 years ago. It was excavated by Dr. James Tuck and his crew of students

from Memorial University of Newfoundland in 1974. Visitors today can view

cove is the site of a substantial Beothuk living site. It is located along

the coast in north central Newfoundland, on route to Twillingate and Fogo

Island. It was excavated over several seasons in the early 1980s by Dr.

Ralph Pastore of Memorial University of Newfoundland. Boyd’s Cove is one

of the largest known Beothuk sites in the Province and its occupation may

have been made possible by a seasonal European presence in the area, which

Peter Pope, of Memorial University of Newfoundland, has been working within

the downtown area of St. John’s — locating and unearthing the earliest

Hill National Historic Park is located at the community of Placentia on

the west side of the Avalon Peninsula. The site has reconstructed French

and English fortifications and was the former French Capital of Newfoundland.

Visitors to the park may tour the reconstructed Fort and the Interpretation