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    L'Anse aux Meadows (lit. 'Meadows Cove') is an archaeological site, first excavated in the 1960s, of a Norse settlement dating to approximately 1,000...
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    archaeological evidence of the only known Norse site in North America, L'Anse aux Meadows, was found on the northern tip of the island of Newfoundland. Before...
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    remains of a Norse settlement found in Newfoundland, Canada, called L'Anse aux Meadows, which was occupied approximately 1,000 years ago. Leif's place of...
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    settlement near the northern tip of Newfoundland. This is known now as L'Anse aux Meadows where the remains of buildings were found in 1960 dating to approximately...
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    Route 436, also known as L'Anse aux Meadows Road, is a 29.1-kilometre-long (18.1 mi) north-south highway on the Great Northern Peninsula of Newfoundland...
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    explorer Helge Ingstad, discovered the remains of a Norse settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador in 1960. Anne...
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    supported by the discovery and excavation of a Viking Age settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland, Canada. Research done in the early 1960s by Norwegian...
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    has been recovered in North America beyond Greenland is located on L'Anse aux Meadows. According to the Saga of Erik the Red the location is significantly...
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    encampment that was occupied sporadically for perhaps 20 years at L'Anse aux Meadows on the northern tip of Newfoundland. No further European exploration...
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    with 2,258 in 2016, 2,418 in 2011, 2,476 in 2006 and 2,730 in 2001. L'Anse aux Meadows, which was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1968 and...
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