Why Newfoundland Used To Be The Crossroads of the World?

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Newfoundland is an amazing place that probably deserves more than 30 minutes to be fully appreciated but in this video we attempt to unpack all the historical details of this incredible island and how it came to be.

[calumashleymcdonough]

I live in Vancouver and my friend is over from St.John's. We watched your video and he couldn't get over your level of research and detail. Bravo, very well presented.

[scottcarter]

There is no child that grows up in Newfoundland that does not learn about Beaumont-Hamel. I am in my 50's and the phrase "only 68 were able to answer the roll" still sends a chill down my spine. That is a powerful effect for something that happen more than 50 years before I was born.

[keithpeterson]

This video should be showed in every school in Newfoundland and Labadour.

[davestratton]

Thanks for connecting the dots, great history I comes from.

[Historybuff_]

Newfoundlander here, i really enjoyed your video. You really did your research, probably the best video on my home I've ever seen. Thank you!!

[cattymajiv]

Thank you SO MUCH for including the story of the movie The Viking from 18:01 to about 19:36. That info is actually very hard to find in other places, so I was VERY surprised to see it here! It was a terrible tragedy, and the story is much longer and more complex. I urge people to look it up on Wikipedia, or even better, to Google it. It's very dramatic and sad!

[michaelosborne]

Great documentary Sir ….. your work will prove to be invaluable to future generations …… Keep up the great documentary’s …. Bravo

[MMWALSH]

Hey man I'm from Newfoundland and I care very deeply about my home.

We've been through a lot in our history so it always brightens my day to see a foreigner take an interest in our little island, pop in for a visit someday you'll have a time

[odyssey]

My great, great, grandfather came over from England in the 1880’s and started working as a skipper at 18. Saved up his money and got a seal boat. He later became one of the richest seal hunter/boat makers on the island. To the point he would give his biggest ships to his closest friends. Several of them are wrecked in the straight of bell isle. He only had one son and a two daughters, he had generational wealth. And didn’t leave any of it to his family. Everything he had, ships, money, companies. He gave it to his best friends (Mifflin family) he left two houses to his family however. Both are now historic protected buildings. One in Bonavista, the other in Melrose. My grandfather got to live next door to his house in melrose. He sold it in 1960 for $10k. It re sold after a few other people lived there (same interior, exterior) for $2 million just because people want to live near the historic building. (I’ve been in that house, all three) and they are all beautiful. Like you’re stepping back in time

[mlwtennessee]

This was highly informative, not to mention downright fascinating. I've always been interested in the Maritimes, especially Newfoundland. The amount of detail and research that obviously went into this is incredible....thank you! Will definitely keep an eye out for more.

[lifefordummies]

Ha, Fun fact. This year, the federal government did indeed say they are going to reopen the commercial fishery dispite the cod stocks not fully recovering. Yet, the locals who fished close to shore using hand lines and traps to self sustain and did so for about 500 years, are not allowed to do so. but the big factory freezer trawlers are allowed to go back at it. As far as I am concerned, the smaller, less damaging fishery should resume first and the big commerical one which wiped out a 500 year fishing ground in a couple decades should never be allowed back at it again. Proof that our waters are just a pawn in the federal governement's game. If it were about the locals it would go to the locals hey.

[cattymajiv]

I need to rewatch this. Just before itseems you have said that Nwfoundland was a seperate country from both Canada and England. I never knew that! And I'm a Canadian with many Newfie friends! I will need to research that!

[tarter]

Can you do a New Brunswick explained???

[thet]

The worst decision was joining Canada.. It ruined the Island and as a Newfoundlander I am disgusted at how we are treated... St. John's is the oldest city in Canada.. people can argue all the want.. I was just there and saw monuments and portuguese architecture that dates back to 1410.. the Beotuks were driven from Labrador to Newfoundland. They never made it to the southern shore...

[xwjffnh]

16th century no the vikings were there 500 years before that

[roberts_nl]

I think how 'irish' Newfoundland is might be a little blown out for proportion. It seems a lot more English to me.

[timhaley]

Actually you are partially wrong in at least one area . Wild grapes at the time of the Viking settlement could not be found in Newfoundland and the farthest place north they could be found was New Brunswick… so even though they settled in NFLD they also made it at the very least to NB and probably NS and beyond

[jjisrtx]

Awesome job. From a fellow in Newfoundland.

[Makedonac]

Great R.O.M.E. 🍃
Has many maps on display ..
.. of All place' ..
Upper Canada
KJV* used the maps too
Amen