Viking first settlement Newfoundland Canada
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Unique Facts about Canada: The Viking Settlements. Vinland (pronounced "Winland") was the name given to part of North America by the Icelandic Norseman Leif Eiríksson, about year 1000. Later archeological evidence of Norse settlement in North America was found in L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland, Canada.