lokiblossom
Bronze Member
If the Norse were in Mahone Bay, odds are they would have followed the coast south from Newfoundland, passing by New Brunswick, PEI, the north shore of NS, and Cape Breton, assuming they wouldn't have done the (in my mind) logical thing and sailed down the St. Lawrence to the amazing farm land that would have been found there.
So they pass up all this land only to quit at Mahone Bay, give up their boats, and hike 10 miles into the bush, not knowing what they'll find, only to settle on what could arguably be called some of the worst farm land in the province? They give up farming on PEI for New Ross? I mean, you plant a foot on PEI and you grow more toes.
The Norse were a maritime people. All the settlements found in Greenland and Newfoundland have something in common: easy access to the sea. New Ross does not have this. Why would they give up the only way of life that they have known just to farm at New Ross?
What are you on about? The farms in Greenland were all over the place, at least in the South and Charing Cross is only 14 or 15 miles from the sea. I can walk that distance in a few hours. Nobody said they gave up their ships and besides I was only conjecturing. If indeed the Norse did venture that far South they may have tried many sites. You just have to be negative don't you? At any rate, my own premise is, as you know, a 14th century Templar presence and I could care less if the Norse were there earlier or not.
Cheers, Loki
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