Tag: North America

  • Thule (1935) County Guide

    In 1910, the explorer Knud Rasmussen established a missionary and trading post in north-western Greenland, which he named “Thule” (later Qaanaaq). Thule has given its name to the northernmost United States Air Force airfield, Thule Air Base in northwest Greenland, and to the smaller lobe of Kuiper belt object 486958 Arrokoth, visited by the New…

  • Prince Edward Island, PEI for short, first residents were the Mi’kmaq. The Mi’kmaq first lived here about 2000 years ago and called the Island ‘Epekwitk’, meaning “resting on the waves”. French explorers were the first Europeans to visit and settle the Island. Jacques Cartier described the Island as “…the fairest land ’tis possible to see!”…

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