Comments on: L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site https://worldheritagesites.net/lanse-aux-meadows-newfoundland/ Your one-stop shop for World Heritage tourism information! Fri, 19 Apr 2024 17:58:22 +0000 hourly 1 By: Barbara Rogers https://worldheritagesites.net/lanse-aux-meadows-newfoundland/#comment-1876 Fri, 19 Apr 2024 17:58:22 +0000 https://worldheritagesites.net/?p=4723#comment-1876 I felt that same connection from just seeing simple everyday implements these settlers used.

]]> By: RachelsRuminations https://worldheritagesites.net/lanse-aux-meadows-newfoundland/#comment-145 Wed, 09 Feb 2022 20:01:20 +0000 https://worldheritagesites.net/?p=4723#comment-145 In reply to Cindy Carlsson.

And think of the journey to get there: a tiny boat, open to the wind and rain, crammed with people and provisions. It was so risky and it must have been so miserable.

]]> By: Cindy Carlsson https://worldheritagesites.net/lanse-aux-meadows-newfoundland/#comment-144 Mon, 07 Feb 2022 19:42:39 +0000 https://worldheritagesites.net/?p=4723#comment-144 I was surprised by how moved I was by L’Anse aux Meadows. It’s a site that can be seen in a short period of time, but one that raises so many questions if you slow down and settle into it for a bit. For me, the simple artifacts on display, especially a spindle whorl and broken knitting needle, somehow made the women who once lived here unexpectedly real. It was striking to be so clearly confronted with their presence here. Long ago the woman who owned these things lived here, in this lonely, isolated place separated from her past by a dangerous sea voyage. Did she come by choice? Was she content here or did she listen to the wind and dream of crossing the sea again, of once again seeing her home and the family and friends who stayed behind? Did she return home one day, or is her spirit still here, still sailing on the wind and waves? We know so little about the people who made this place home for a while, but maybe it’s enough just to know that they were here.

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