Signal verified · updated 2026-09-03
Newfoundland
Canada's most easterly large island; historic fishing outport culture, Viking and Basque heritage, Gros Morne fjords and colourful St. John's.
- Formation
- Appalachian (Long Range Mountains, Lewis Hills); fjords, barrens and boreal forest
- Population
- 510,550
- Water
- Atlantic Ocean
- Access
- easy
Every required movement
The passage
to Newfoundland.
Fly to St. John's (YYT), Gander (YQX) or Deer Lake (YDF); Marine Atlantic ferries from North Sydney, NS to Port aux Basques (daily) and Argentia (seasonal).
- 01St. John's International Airport (YYT)
Nearest recorded air access
Schedule or condition may change · verify - 02Water crossing
Marine Atlantic: North Sydney–Port aux Basques (6-8 h) and North Sydney–Argentia (seasonal, 16 h).
Schedule or condition may change · verify - 03Entry check
Canada entry rules.
Schedule or condition may change · verify
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The world's 16th-largest island and Canada's fourth-largest. Settled by Maritime Archaic, Dorset and Beothuk peoples, site of the Norse L'Anse aux Meadows settlement (~1000 CE), England's first overseas colony (1583), a Dominion (1907-1949) and a Canadian province since 1949.
Indigenous homeland (Beothuk, Mi'kmaq); Norse ~1000; Cabot 1497; English colony from 1583; French Plaisance 1662-1713; responsible government 1855; Dominion 1907; Commission rule 1934; Confederation with Canada 1949.
Field ledger
The useful
details.
- Coordinates
- 48.50° N · 56.00° W
- Sovereignty
- Canada · part of country
- Nearest mainland
- Labrador across the Strait of Belle Isle (~18 km); Nova Scotia across Cabot Strait (~110 km)
- Best recorded window
- June–September (icebergs, whales, hiking).
- Permits / entry
- Canada entry rules.
- Languages
- English, French, Mi'kmaq
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