L'anse aux Meadows, Viking Explorers

L’anse aux Meadows is the probable site of the camp of Leif Eriksson, and the subsequent Viking settlement in Vinland.  It’s found on the northernmost tip of Newfoundland, near the sea and forests.

Before the site’s discovery in 1961, Viking claims of having visited North America were doubted.  The excavations of Anne Stine Ingstad in 1963 finally resolved this long debate, proving that not only did the Vikings visit North America they settle there too.  After the Norwegian archaeologists left, the Canadian state took charge of the monument, and numerous archaeological digs have taken place here since.

These later explorations revealed that L’ans aux Meadows sits on a site of long occupation – having been inhabited by the local indigenous population for centuries before the arrival of the Vikings and for centuries afterwards.