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Vikings visited Canadian Arctic, research suggests


History | 208327 hits | May 27 7:39 am | Posted by: Hyack
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One of Canada's top Arctic archeologists says the remnants of a stone-and-sod wall unearthed on southern Baffin Island may be traces of a shelter built more than 700 years ago by Norse seafarers, a stunning find that would be just the second location in t

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  1. by avatar maldonsfecht
    Wed May 27, 2009 4:50 pm
    when will schools stop with the myth of Columbus being the first European in the Americas? :-D

  2. by avatar GreenTiger
    Thu May 28, 2009 10:04 am
    Good question. It has been known for quite a long time that a number of groups of people discovered the America.

  3. by avatar raydan
    Thu May 28, 2009 12:24 pm
    I thought the Asians discovered America first, either by coming over the land bridge through Alaska or from the south by small boats.

  4. by avatar maldonsfecht
    Thu May 28, 2009 2:13 pm
    yep, those would be the current Natives... over the land bridge.

    but ask any schoolkid what European discovered the Americas and they'll proudly yell out Columbus... then you can tell them NO! Leif Ericsson!

  5. by avatar raydan
    Thu May 28, 2009 2:17 pm
    "maldonsfecht" said
    yep, those would be the current Natives... over the land bridge.

    but ask any schoolkid what European discovered the Americas and they'll proudly yell out Columbus... then you can tell them NO! Leif Ericsson!

    He played hockey for Detroit, didn't he?

  6. by avatar maldonsfecht
    Thu May 28, 2009 2:20 pm
    Defenseman... great point-shot... too many penalty minutes for pillaging

  7. by Wally_Sconce
    Thu May 28, 2009 2:20 pm
    "maldonsfecht" said
    yep, those would be the current Natives... over the land bridge.

    but ask any schoolkid what European discovered the Americas and they'll proudly yell out Columbus... then you can tell them NO! Leif Ericsson!


    I learned about Leif Ericson 20 years ago, when did they stop teaching about him?

  8. by avatar Brenda
    Thu May 28, 2009 2:21 pm
    19 years ago

  9. by Wally_Sconce
    Thu May 28, 2009 2:22 pm
    I must have had a teacher that was a rebel.

  10. by avatar maldonsfecht
    Thu May 28, 2009 2:36 pm
    I went though the American school system in Chicago after transferring from Toronto in 1st grade... all we got was Columbus until later on...

  11. by avatar ShepherdsDog
    Thu May 28, 2009 2:51 pm
    Asians were the first to arrive and many think that they came in waves, with the last being Polynesians who settled along the Pacific North West, or at least traded and intermarried with locals. There are too many similarities in art, architecture, culture and physical features to rule it out.

  12. by avatar maldonsfecht
    Thu May 28, 2009 3:44 pm
    and let's not forget about the Norsemen!



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