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Encyclopedia > Dildo Island

Dildo Island, Newfoundland, is the largest of three islands located at the entrance to Dildo Arm in the bottom of Trinity Bay, off the coast of the neighboring town Dildo. Dildo Island had its name before 1711. For other uses, see Newfoundland (disambiguation). ... Trinity Bay is a large bay on the northeastern coast of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. ... This way to Dildo, Newfoundland. ...


An archaeological excavation in 1995 discovered Dorset Eskimo artifacts which radiocarbon dated to between AD 150 and AD 750. It is believed that these people camped on Dildo Island for the purpose of seal hunting. From 1996 to 1999, archaeologist Silve Leblanc uncovered two Dorset houses and over 5500 artifacts from the same period. Archaeology, archeology, or archæology (from Greek: αρχαίος, archaios, combining form in Latin archae-, ancient; and λόγος, logos, knowledge) is the study of human cultures through the recovery, documentation and analysis of material remains and environmental data, including architecture, artifacts, biofacts, human remains, and landscapes. ... The Dorset culture preceded the Inuit culture in Arctic North America. ... The Roman army consists of 400,000 men. ... Events Last Umayyad caliph Marwan II (744-750) overthrown by first Abbasid caliph, Abu al-Abbas al-Saffah Bold textItalic textLink title GARY CANT SWIM GARY CANT SWIM GARY CANT SWIM GARY CANT SWIM GARY CANT SWIM GARY CANT SWIM GARY CANT SWIM...


In 2001 excavations were begun on a recently-discoved Indian site that radiocarbon dated to between AD 720 and AD 960. Evidence of a camp was found with the remnants of a wigwam and hearth. Almost all of the tools were made from purple and blue rhyolites that came from a source in Bonavista Bay roughly 145 km (90 miles) to the north. Events Umayyad caliph Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz succeeded by Yazid II ibn Abd al-Malik The Nihonshoki (日本書紀), one of the oldest history books in Japan, is completed Births Bertrada, wife of Pippin III (d. ... Events Edgar the Peaceable crowned King of England. ... == The Band == Wigwam are Alex James, the bassist from Blur and Betty Boo. ... In common historic and modern usage, a hearth (Har-th) is a brick- or stone-lined fireplace or oven used for cooking and/or heating. ... A modern hammer is directly descended from ancient hand tools A tool or device is a piece of equipment which typically provides a mechanical advantage in accomplishing a physical task, or provides an ability that is not naturally available to the user of a tool. ... Rhyolite This page is about a volcanic rock. ... Bonavista Bay is a large bay located on the northeast coast of the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. ... A mile is a unit of length, usually used to measure distance, in a number of different systems, including Imperial units, United States customary units and Norwegian/Swedish mil. ...


John Guy's journal of 1612 suggested evidence of a Beothuk Indian camp on Dildo Island. An English fort was established in the early 1700s to defend the south side of Trinity Bay from the French during Queen Anne's War. John Gay (d. ... Events January 20 - Mathias becomes Holy Roman Emperor. ... Newfoundland, home of the Beothuk The Beothuk (IPA: ) were the native inhabitants of the island of Newfoundland at the time of European contact in the 15th and 16th centuries. ... Fortifications (Latin fortis, strong, and facere, to make) are military constructions designed for defensive warfare. ... Events and trends The Bonneville Slide blocks the Columbia River near the site of present-day Cascade Locks, Oregon with a land bridge 200 feet (60 m) high. ... Trinity Bay is a large bay on the northeastern coast of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. ... Queen Annes War (1702–1713) was the second in a series of four French and Indian Wars fought between France and Great Britain in North America for control of the continent and was the counterpart of War of the Spanish Succession in Europe. ...


Newfoundland's first cod hatchery was constructed in 1889 by a Norwegian, Adolphus Nielson, to improve the cod stocks of Trinity Bay. It was the largest in the world and the first in North America. Year 1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... the world is coming to the end!!!!! cod is going to eat up alive and do us hard up the emmm. ...


External link

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Coordinates: 47°33′59.18″N, 53°35′27.42″W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...


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Dildo, Newfoundland and Labrador - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (479 words)
Dildo 47°33.82′N 53°32.77′W, is a town on the southeastern Dildo Arm of Trinity Bay on the island of Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Dildo was founded in the late 1700s and settled by the Reids, Prettys and Smiths to exploit the abundance of marine resources such as fish, whales and seals.
Dildo offers picturesque scenery, several bed and breakfasts, eating establishments, the Dildo Museum interpretive centre, the Historic Dildo Days celebration in August, the first cod hatchery in North America on Dildo Island, boat tours, the Society of United Fishermen, the Lions centre, and a replica of a giant squid caught in Dildo in 1933.
Dildo Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (245 words)
Dildo Island, Newfoundland is the largest of three islands located at the entrance to Dildo Arm in the bottom of Trinity Bay, off the coast of the neighboring town Dildo.
Almost all of the tools were made from purple and blue rhyolites that came from a source in Bonavista Bay roughly 145 km (90 miles) to the north.
John Guy's journal of 1612 suggested evidence of a Beothuk Indian camp on Dildo Island.
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