Newfoundland

The island of Newfoundland, is seldom visited by Americans. It is a lightly populated island of the East Coast of Canada, the easternmost point of land in North America. Friendly, an outdoor paradise--if you are flexible about the weather! A cod fishing culture since its discovery in the 1400s by John Cabot, Newfoundland is now struggling with fishing restrictions caused by overfishing and the exploitation of the Capelin bait fish by the Japanese since the mid-1980s. Newfoundland was part of the United Kingdom until 1949, when it became part of Canada.