History-newf

**History of Newfoundland and Labrador** People have lived in Newfoundland for more than 8,000 years! That's a long time. In 1949 Newfoundland became Canada's tenth province. Thousands of years ago, the Maritime Archaic Indians fashioned weapons for hunting and used tools to make clothing and shelter. The first people of Newfoundland were the Beothuk who hunted caribou and fished. Newfoundland and Labrador are very old provinces.

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