101 Interesting Facts About Canada ~ Canada's East Coast was settled by Vikings around 1000 AD

Vinland (pronounced "Winland") was the name given to part of North America by the Icelandic Norseman Leif Eiríksson about year 1000. Archeological evidence of a Norse settlement in North America was found in L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland, Canada in the 1960s. Whether this was the Vinland of the Norse accounts is the subject of debate.

Landing at L'Anse aux Meadows reenactment 2000

Viking settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland.

When Hal and I toured the east coast last year we wanted to go to L'Anse aux Meadows but to take the ferry, drive there, see the site, drive back to the ferry, and return to Nova Scotia could have taken as much as 3-4 days and we only had two weeks for our vacation. We will go back one day.

If you'd like to learn more about this topic, please check out this link . . . https://www.sheppardsoftware.com/canadaweb/factfile/Unique-facts-Canada2.htm

Comments

A Taste of Canada ~ Fiddleheads

I do enjoy fiddleheads. They have a green bean-y, asparagus-like, pea-ish taste and they are just fun to look at. From Chateline Magazine: HOW-TO It’s Almost Fiddlehead Season! Here’s How To Cook This Springtime Veggie Properly Fiddleheads are a Canadian delicacy, but undercooking them can lead to food poisoning by Amy Grief Updated Apr 9, 2019 Fiddlehead season is short, so when you see the adorable green curlicues at your grocery store or farmers’ market, buy them while you can. Before chowing down on these little springtime delicacies, there’s a few things you should know first since fiddleheads can cause food poisoning if they’re not cooked properly. What are fiddleheads? These tightly curled coils are ostrich fern fronds. They start appearing in late April and early May in Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick and are usually found in forests, marshes and by rivers and streams. Taste-wise, fiddleheads, which are popular amongst food foragers, are...

Week #2 Challenge: Paper . . . and I mean ALL of your paper.

Annual Organization Challenge Week #2 How did you make out with last week's challenge? Did you find your work table? Here's this week's challenge: Your challenge this week is to S.P.A.C.E. your paper - - and I mean ALL of your paper: cardstock, patterned paper, specialty papers, and all those SCRAPS! SORT: Bring all of your paper to one area. Sort it all into piles: KEEP, SELL, DONATE, TRASH PURGE: bag up, and assign a price to paper bundles that you want to SELL at a garage sale or online, and put the bags in the garage sale box. Throw out the TRASH pile. Bag up the DONATE pile and immediately make arrangements for drop-off/pick-up or put in your vehicle. ASSIGN: separate your paper into categories that make sense to you. For example, you may want to divide it simply into cardstock and patterned paper. If you have a huge stash of paper, you may want to divide it by colour, theme, or manufacturer. **Another way to...

Journal Prompt ~ One Thing You Do Really Well

Name one thing you do really well . . . One thing I do really well is solve crossword puzzles.

In My World

Search This Blog