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Cupids, Newfoundland: Canada’s First English Settlement

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Canada Post has created a commemorative stamp to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the founding of the community of Cupids, Newfoundland and Labrador. – the

Scroll down to „Henry Crout’s Journal“ for historical entries (note: Henry Crout was Sir Percival Willoughby’s first agent in Newfoundland). Canada’s First English SettlementA Canadian Encyclopedia feature article about 17th

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Canada’s first English settlers were building a community and they intended to stay. Every summer, archaeologists working the dig site at Cupids Cove Plantation reveal more and more

Canada Post has created a commemorative stamp to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the founding of the community of Cupids, Newfoundland and Labrador. – the

London and Bristol merchants dedicated to establishing English settlement in Newfoundland. Its charter, granted by James I on 2 May 1610, awarded the company the entire island of

Once called Cuper’s Cove, this romantic village is the site of the first English colony in Canada. In 1610, John Guy braved the perilous Atlantic crossing with a boatload of settlers to establish a plantation here. And getting here was only

  • What was the first English colony in Newfoundland?
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The First English Settlement in Canada. Cupids Cove Plantation Provincial Historic Site . While Newfoundland was declared a British colony in 1583, it was only used as a seasonal fishing

The Cupids Legacy Centre presents and celebrates the establishment of the first English settlement in Canada—at Cupids, in 1610. It houses a state-of-the-art museum that illuminates

What was the first English settlement in Canada? ‘ Cupers Cove, now Cupids, was established by John Guy in 1610 under a royal charter from James I. It was England’s first

Cuper’s Cove is historically significant as the first English settlement in Canada and also as the forerunner of later settlements. In 1995 archeologists unearthed evidence of John Guy’s settlement in a potato patch in

Anchoring at Cuper’s Cove, Newfoundland (now called Cupids) in early August 1610, Guy and his settlers scrambled ashore to begin settling the raw wilderness. Jumping into work immediately,

Cupids, one of the most significant historic sites in North America, is preparing to celebrate its 400th anniversary in the summer of 2010. Cupids was settled in 1610 by John Guy. It is the

Where did the British settle in Newfoundland? Cupers Cove ‘ Cupers Cove, now Cupids, was established by John Guy in 1610 under a royal charter from James I. It was England’s first

This was the first English settlement in what became Canada. The settlers cleared the land, fished, farmed, explored for minerals, and tried to establish fur trading with the Beothuk. Every

Sir Martin Frobisher, mariner, explorer, chaser of fool’s gold, made three voyages from England to North America in search of a passage to Asia.He was the first European to

The Cupids Cove Plantation is the site of the oldest English settlement in Canada, established in 1610, and an active archaeological dig.

The importance of Cupids’ legacy goes beyond the history of Canada’s first English settlement. Our Museum and other attractions celebrate the past, present and future of Cupids and the

Cupids Cove Plantation is an active archaeological site that has been reconstructing the lives of 38 settlers who, in 1610, established the first permanent British

In 1608 John Guy visited Newfoundland, returned to England, and began promoting the island as a place for English settlements. In 1610 Guy and 47 London and Bristol merchants formed the

In 1583, British explorer Humphrey Gilbert officially claimed Newfoundland for England. It wasn’t until 1610, however, that the first colony was established by John Guy at Cupids on the Avalon Peninsula. This was the first permanent

Cupids Cove Plantation is an active archaeological site that has been reconstructing the lives of 38 settlers who, in 1610, established the first permanent British

Canada’s first English settlers leave a rich Elizabethan legacy.

In August 1610, English colonists, sent out by the London and Bristol Company and led by prominent Bristol merchant John Guy, arrived in Cupids (then Cupers Cove) on the north side

Thus, the first English overseas plantation was established in Virginia in 1607. The second such venture, established shortly thereafter, in 1610, was John Guy’s settlement at Cupids,

Canada’s first English settlers leave a rich Elizabethan legacy. Arriving in August 1610, the first Europeans in Newfoundland settled at a place they named Cupers Cove, know

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