Patti Broughton, 41, is executive director of the Colony of Avalon (www.colonyofavalon.ca), a nonprofit heritage site south of St. John’s, Newfoundland, at the easternmost part of Canada. Here is an ...

Hungry? From fish and chips to haute cuisine, visitors to St. Johns and thereabouts can feel comfortable dining at: Auntie Craes. 272 Water St. Berry jams and jellies; fresh-roasted coffees; specialty ...

Heidi Coombs reaches into a box labelled "quarantine letters." She pulls out a bound booklet and reads from a proclamation dated July 17, 1832. It's the duty, the letter said, "of every inhabitant of ...

FERRYLAND, NEWFOUNDLAND—A small copper crucifix with the Virgin Mary and Christ Child on its back has been unearthed at the Colony of Avalon site on the coast of Newfoundland. The territory had been ...

The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. An 1832 proclamation ...