CH-0006 · RESEARCH DRAFT
Norse activity securely dated in Newfoundland
Dated wood establishes Norse activity in Newfoundland in 1021. It does not identify the expedition leader or establish its arrival date.
Not publication-ready.
- Historical place
- L’Anse aux Meadows
- Present-day context
- L’Anse aux Meadows — navigation aid, not historical jurisdiction
- Peoples named in this record
- Norse, Local Indigenous peoples
- Review state
- source supported draft — source-supported draft is not independent verification
- Catalogue updated
- 2026-10-11
- French text
- Translation pending; English research text shown.
Map context
No territorial polygon or coordinate is asserted in v1. Modern location labels are orientation aids, not historical boundaries.
No dated political snapshot is available for this event. No historical boundary is inferred.
Source evidence
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Evidence for European presence in the Americas in AD 1021
Nature / Kuitems and colleagues · peer reviewed research · Review: search excerpt
Recorded retrieval date: 2026-10-11. This date does not prove a complete document was reviewed.
Institutional interpretation is not automatically independent corroboration. Consult nation-authored histories and underlying records before editorial approval.