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Newfoundland and Labrador [1] is one of the Atlantic Provinces of Canada. Newfoundland is an island that was independent until 1949 when it joined confederation with Canada. Labrador is an adjoining mainland coastal region which abuts Quebec.
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More than three times the total area of the Maritime Provinces (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island,) Newfoundland and Labrador is almost one-and-three-quarters times the size of Great Britain. In fact, Newfoundland and Labrador would rank fourth in size behind Alaska, Texas and California if it were one of the United States.
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Newfoundland is the 16th largest island in the world. Visitors should keep this in mind when planning a visit; it is not possible to see the whole island in just a few days and at least 10 days are needed for even a brief look around.
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It is likely that aboriginal peoples lived in Newfoundland and Labrador thousands of years before the arrival of the Europeans. Norse explorers first discovered the area about AD 1000. Remains of a settlement at L'Anse-aux-Meadows were uncovered in 1963. The area was visited in 1497 by the Italian-born explorer John Cabot, sailing under the English flag, and by the Portuguese navigator Gaspar Corte-Real in 1500. The French explorer Jacques Cartier visited the island in 1534.
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The Central Lowland of Newfoundland occupies the north central part of the island. Most of this region ... is flat or gently rolling, with almost all elevations less than 150 m (500 ft).
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Moose are not native to Newfoundland, but today there are more than 100,000 on the island. 1 pair was introduced in 1878 from Nova Scotia (not thought to have survived). 2 pairs of moose were introduced on May 14, 1904 from New Brunswick. All of the moose in Newfoundland today are descended from the 1904 moose and possibly ... from the 1878 moose.
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