What is L'Anse aux Meadows?
[[Image:Authentic Viking recreation.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Reconstruction of the Viking settlement]] '''L'Anse aux Meadows''' is a [[History|historical]] [[settler|settlement]] on the [[island]] of [[Newfoundland]] in eastern [[Canada]]. It was settled by [[Vikings]] from [[Greenland]], [[Iceland]], and [[Norway]] around the year 1000, almost 500 years before [[Christopher Columbus]] came to the [[Americas]]. It is the only known Viking place in [[North America]] outside of Greenland. The remains of the settlement were discovered in 1960, and were declared a [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site]] in 1978.[http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/nl/meadows/index_e.asp] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216063635/http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/nl/meadows/index_E.asp |date=2008-12-16 }} {{WHSite}} {{Canada-stub}} {{World Heritage Sites in Canada}} [[Category:World Heritage Sites in Canada]] [[Category:Settlements in Newfoundland and Labrador]]