Category: Newfoundland

A fish flake is a platform built on poles and spread with boughs for drying cod on the foreshores of fishing villages and small coastal towns in Newfoundland and Nordic countries. Spelling variations for fish flake in Newfoundland include flek, fleyke, fleake, flaik and fleack. What does flake mean for fish? noun. : a frame […]

Hard bread is a small hard biscuits used by sailors when out to sea, because of its long shelf life this would replace homemade bread. Then it continued on through generations for people to use in fish and brewis and with any wild game meat. Where did hard bread come from? Hard Bread, also known […]

Yes! Instacart offers grocery delivery to apartments in Newfoundland, NL. Can you use Instacart anywhere? Although Instacart is available in many cities across the U.S. and Canada, we’re not everywhere just yet. However, we could be coming to your area soon! Can Instacart shoppers shop anywhere? As an Instacart Shopper, you should be able to […]

NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR Labrador was glaciated by the continental-scale Laurentide Ice Sheet, whereas New- foundland supported independent ice-caps (on a much smaller scale). Are there glaciers in Newfoundland? The icebergs seen off the coast of Newfoundland originate from the ancient glaciers of Greenland. These glaciers contain ice which is said to be between 10,000 to […]

Snowfall – Annual data for St. John’s Year starting on Total Jan 1 2019 273.2 cm Jan 1 2018 289.2 cm Jan 1 2017 397.0 cm Jan 1 2016 388.7 cm How much snow did Newfoundland get 2022? Snowfall – Monthly data for St. John’s Month starting on Total Apr 1 2022 14.6 cm Mar […]

The Newfoundland Time Zone is the only active time zone with a half-hour offset from UTC in the Americas. DST is observed throughout this time zone. Does Newfoundland go on daylight savings time? In Newfoundland and Labrador Daylight Saving Time begins at 2:00 a.m. local time on the second Sunday in March. On the first […]

September is too late for puffin watching but don’t miss Cape St. Mary’s gannet colony, the second largest gannet colony in N. America and largest one accessible from land. They are often there until late September. Are there puffins in Newfoundland in September? In the winter, their beaks are grey, but in the spring, they […]

Orangemen’s Day commemorates the Battle of the Boyne, which took place in 1690 outside Drogheda, now in the Republic of Ireland. Quick Facts. This year: Mon, Jul 11, 2022Newfoundland and Labrador Next year: Mon, Jul 10, 2023Newfoundland and Labrador What is Orangemens day in Newfoundland? July 12thOrangemen’s Day, July 12th, commemorates the day in July […]

Memorial Day is a public holiday in Newfoundland and Labrador, where it is a day off for the general population, and schools and most businesses are closed. What are paid holidays in Newfoundland? One of these if only for federally regulated employees. The holidays are: New Year’s Day, Good Friday, Canada Day (Memorial Day), Labour […]

town of Gander. A: The show takes place in Newfoundland, an island off the far north east coast of Canada. The planes landed in the town of Gander, however, the musical shares stories from Gander and its neighboring towns of Glenwood, Lewisporte, Appleton, Gambo, and Norris Arm. What town is Come From Away Based in? […]