GGC - 22a - Viking Encampment in Canada - L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site
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- čas přidán 15. 10. 2015
- Part 19 of our road trip across Northern Quebec and Eastern Canada. Now on the northern peninsula of Newfoundland, we visited L'Anse aux Meadows, the 1000 year old Viking encampment and site of the first European contact with North America. Photos at the end. There are 3 other videos in this series - be sure to check them out as well.
reminds me of back home in Scotland. cold wet and windy but beautiful
Looks like the West coast here in Norway too !
Eriksson must have felt at home :-)
@@RegulareoldNorseBoy Source: MY HEAD is sick
It's difficult not to be moved by this strong sense of history - whether Canadian or from the U.S. And of course the meetinlg of 2 continents is steeped in violence. It was a tough time to live: food, trust of other people, weather, travel, etc. Too often we tend to romanticize the past, but it
was a time of not only adventure but also extreme danger from the outside world and from friends who could turn on you.
+Monique Liddle
You're absolutely right Monique. It's easy to think of the past as being a better time period. But no generation is without its own difficulties. Some more than others.
Monique Liddle I'm fairly sure people within their own communities trusted one another.
@@mackenziewhethers1257 - Kind of like we do today? It all depends on the circumstance.
This is the first of FOUR new videos we're posting today. The links to the rest are at the end!
Great to see L'Anse aux Meadows. Been on my list to see for a long time. I did get to see Nova Scotia in 2000, but the meadows is still on my list. Really enjoy your travels and look forward to the next episode.
+Bacchus
Thanks Baachus! Glad we could give you a glimpse. I hope you make it there at some point. It was a really wonderful experience.
Thanks for following along :)
Its a long way from Nova Scotia to L'Anse aux Meadows, NL - over 500 miles. Stunning scenery along the way.
This is cool, two of my favorite things, Vans and Vikings! Lol
Wow. This place looks amazing. I would love to see it one day!!
Another interesting video. Thanks you two.
+Ballenxj
Thanks Ballenxj! We're glad you enjoyed it!
Great videos , with lots of detail and info... nowhere near boring Thanks again =D
+Totally left Field
Thanks Totally Left Field! Glad we're not boring :) lol
Thanks for watching, and for your comment!
That looks like an awesome trip i have to put on my 'to visit someday' list!... just watched the NOVA special about some recent finds at point rosee to the south of there.
That's so cool! Now I'm adding this to my list of places to go see-thx!
+Kattbelly
Definitely worth seeing! Thanks for watching! :)
Great thing, you guys actully went there! Had it in the back of my mind, the first landing point of newcomers to Northamerica (not Columbus etc) Sweat. Really nice to see some of that area/place. Only ever seen it looking at a map.
+mike The Turnip
We had to! :) I mean... VIKINGS! lol. We're really into the history of Canada (and the rest of the world), and they were the first Europeans to explore here. Pretty incredible stuff. The whole area just oozes with history.
A Guy. A Girl. And a Campervan Its so great you guys beeing there. Just remember this Swedish doc. from when I was 10. About that place. Great thing to see freesh photo/and You guys there! Wandering off topic, in to memorys, Lars Ericsson, The New Found Land, Vikings etc... Zzzz
I love to see so many people loving the landscape and history of my province
history? Vikings hae never been in canada its all a LIE. business
Wonderful! Just full of wonder! Loved it! : )
+Vic Smith
Thanks Vic!
Vicariously living through your videos!
+Antler CityStyle
Thanks for watching, Antler! :)
And we always appreciate the comments as well!
Love it always wanted to see the meadows
One day I'll come check it out. Amazing.
Thanks they were great videos
thanks for the video of newfoundland, very interesting
Thanks :) we're glad you enjoyed it!
I started watching and I was like "Hey that's the maple syrup guy"
gerloczyek- No Maple Syrup in Newfoundland because Maple Sugar trees do not grow in Newfoundland.
incredible very interesting
As you go along with your travels, do you find regional accents as you expect them or are you ever surprised? I have found it interesting to hear in your videos as you relate to new people although I know little about it.
+A727200
This is a great question. We've expected them, because we knew they existed. But they've still surprised us, as there have been so many differences along the way. Sometimes knowing about something ahead of time doesn't change the surprise, I guess. We loved the accents on Newfoundland. Very stereotypical Canadian, but in such a warm friendly way.
Hi, I am preparing my new campervan in a Nissan NV200 and planning a 2-3 weeks in Newfoundland next July. I am getting lots of information from your videos. So thank you! So far I did not understood at what period of the year your where there. If you could let me now I would appreciate. Although I did not see all your videos, yet, I red from some posts that you have bought a house and setled down. That is also a nice project. Continu with beautiful life projects.
Ele estava no inverno.
Me encanta la historia
! L'Anse aux Meadows es solo un gran mito y ahora cuentate una de vaqueros..!
What month(s) did you go? Great video series.
So, you found it was cold during the tourist season? Must be much colder in the winter when there's snow on the ground :) I remember when I was a kid about 4 hours drive south of there, our hair would freeze to our hats in the winter :)
I want to go there so bad
Couldn't understand a word from that man by the fire :D
Wow!
+DJ Vendetta
Thanks DJ!
+A Guy. A Girl. And a Campervan 😀
I Went There For My School Trip In Grade 6
Wow, man.
Spring the couple bucks for a wind muffler sock for your microphone lol seriously. 😂
Damn, it's weird hearing the guide pronounce all those names of the vikings in an odd way. Leifur "The lucky" Eiríksson, son of Eric the Red (Eiríkur rauði) is related to me. If I go 29 generations back you find Leifur's great-grandparents. Also, Þorfinnur "Karlsefni" Þórðarson, the dude that bore the first white child on North-American soil, is my direct ancestor 26 generations back. I just found out by using Islendingabok, the book of Icelanders.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%8Dslendingab%C3%B3k_(genealogical_database)
The ‘dude’ ? a man? that bore the first white child? I was here in 1980, no tour guides back then.
wow
Isn't that water color more from turf/peat than from iron? Also those houses looks like built from turf ;)
+Vaclav Balak
Great question. You're right about the buildings. they're sod huts I believe, so they're made from turf. They mentioned the water colour being from iron, but who knows, it might also be due to the peat. Thanks for your comment!
Likely both.
just so everyone knows, it not always cold here like some may think. yesterday was more than 20 C
You're absolutely right, sorry if we gave that impression. But even if it was, it would still be worth visiting. Newfoundland is one of the most gorgeous, friendly, hospitable, and interesting places that we've ever had the privilege of exploring.
@@BackToReality thanks for the response. An hour from this location is slightly warmer in the roddickton area. You should of went to the underground salmon pool to shoot a video. It's a large river that travels underground a far distance, resurfaces and goes down in 2 different places. It's a hidden gem
hell! im norwegian and that place makes me cold!! brrr
+bill bye
Lol! It was chilly for sure!
I’m from Newfoundland and winter here is brutal sometimes houses get completely snowed in kids had to spend a few days in the school in st Anthony which is a town next to this place
so where are the Icelandic sheep, chickens, and horses???
I want to go there so bad!! I live in upstate NY. It would only take 35 hours of beautiful driving...hmmmmm
Don´t miss it. I want too, but I am in Europe lol
I've been on a Newfoundland kick for years and am from upstate NY too lol. Roadtrip together?!
The water color is also caused by the peat. Despite the color, it's pretty good quality and most bacteria don't like it.
Some types of peat are algae resistant as well. So it tends to clean the water.
The stories were very hard to hear because of the high winds.
fun
Brrrrrrrrrr, is all I can say!
+John Norris
Lol, yep, it was a cold day for sure!
'Are you cold?' Haha, of course she was clad in cotton and plastic. Get the lady some pure wool!
So Columbus was not the first...
the polynesian cavemen that came from russia were first, then the vikings came second, then colombus
@@servantofallah2608 The cavemen got a land bridge, the Vikings had to sail for months or even years. Just an opinion, but the Vikings worked fairly hard just to go somewhere they weren’t even sure existed.
I grew up the and know where there's more. I can show
The wind noise makes this vid almost unwatchable. Too bad
sooooooooo, this must be in July (parkas, windy, where's my hat???) all over months are WORSE.
This excavation and the forced reconstructions of Viking houses based on objects whose origin is highly questionable, responds much more to business than to any other scientific reason.
That would be a money losing business then.
@@EdinburghFive This often happens in the business world.
@@pulsarplay5808 Well hardly - no business would run an operation for more than fifty years and lose money every single year.
L'Anse aux Meadows is a Canadian national historic site, run by the government.
Why do you think there was a "forced reconstruction"?
Why do you think the objects origins are questionable?
Why do you think there was some kind of "business" involvement?
You do realize the site is in a very remote place with a very small population, and is only open for four months of the year. Not the type of place "business" would be very interested in or consider investing in.
Cool video and I'm sure the tour guide is a nice man but he clearly has some kind've bias as it pertains to Europeans and America's! Supposedly he was the first "White" child born on American soil. "Ya know how they like to tell tales" He needs to just state the facts and let the Visitors make up their own minds. This is the bias,negative attitude towards pre-Columbus exploration into the America's. Even the Indians have oral history that expresses that Whites were already on the land first! Don't reply negatively just go to Robert Sepher's CZcams channel and watch his latest video. He also produces on Atlantean Gardens. Open your minds to the truth! We've been lied to and mislead!
Pssst, I have a bridge I can sell you in New York for cheap!
The last person who said the Icelandic woman bore the first white child in the Americas is actually wrong. He's wrong based on the English language bias where the people are divided per race a no other people can be white people beside European descendants. That's wrong and should not be emphasized as the native people of the Americas as as white people as the are by the definition of white and black people. It might sound over the top assertement but as a person who can't fathom why English speaking people are so keen reproducing their XIX century dogmas and notions which is driven by the slave trade from Africa. The Americas were populated by white people and Vikings met white people just on the other continent.
What a gloomy and godforsaken land.
Love it always wanted to see the meadows
+Jeff Hansen
Thanks Jeff! Glad we could give you a little glimpse! We definitely recommend it if you're in the area!