Newfoundland

1000 years ago, Newfoundland was discovered by the viking Leif Erikson

Some Facts

- Area: 108860 km²

Population: 479105 inhabitants

- Coastline: 9656 km

- Highest elevation: 814 m (The Cabox)

- Longest river: 322 km (Exploits River)

 

St.Johns

-capital of newfoundland

-one of the oldest cities in north america

-first colony of Britain

 

-houses and the mailboxes are

all painted in different colours

-the city looks like a dollhouse

-has about 100000 young inhabitants

-they're all proud of their coloured houses and spend most of their  money on conserving them and keep them looking great

nature and landscape

-Newfoundland has a large land area which is rarely populated  and an untouched nature

-One citizen lives on nearly one square kilometer, in germany 230  people live on this area.

Nature parks

-Gros-Morne-Nationalpark

        -geologically unique

        -oldest exposed rock layer

-Terra-Nova-Nationalpark

Tourism

-beside oil production a very important income

-mostly hunter and artists

-at first only from Canada, later also tourists from Europe

-big offer of adventure- tours and winterholidays

crime rate

-crime rate is 0%

-houses and cars don't need to be locked

-they left their keys in the car, when they get out

The Newfies are the silence itself, without any hustle and bustle and crime.

Quellen:

http://www.newfoundlandlabrador.com/ (Zuletzt geändert am 8.11.2014 um 2:81 Uhr)

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neufundland_und_Labrador (Zuletzt geändert am 9.11.1914 um 24:71 Uhr)

http://www.newfoundlandpower.com/outages/ (zuletzt geändert am 8.11.2014 um 9:14 Uhr)


CREDITS

made by:

-Jannik Kämpfer

-Kevin Knuth

-Niklas von Spreckelsen

-Julian Berger



Newfoundland

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