UNESCO World Heritage Sites in North America / CANFANS006
CANADA: L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic
Site, Newfoundland
Brief Description:
At the tip of the Great Northern Peninsula of the island of Newfoundland,
the remains of an 11th-century Viking settlement are evidence of the first
European presence in North America. The excavated remains of wood-framed
peat-turf buildings are similar to those found in Norse Greenland and
Iceland.