'''Newfoundland''' is an island off the [[Canada|Canadian]] mainland, and is the oldest English dependancy in the [[New World]]. The Vikings temporarily established a settlement in 1013AD. Merchants from [[England]] fished the [[Grand Banks]] as early as 1481. It became a self governing dominion in in 1855 and joined confederation in 1949. | '''Newfoundland''' is an island off the [[Canada|Canadian]] mainland, and is the oldest English dependancy in the [[New World]]. The Vikings temporarily established a settlement in 1013AD. Merchants from [[England]] fished the [[Grand Banks]] as early as 1481. It became a self governing dominion in in 1855 and joined confederation in 1949. |