The name "Vinland" refers to a location that many historians tell us was another location on North America where the Norsemen sailed and landed and camped . While we have all heard about the L'Anse aux Meadows Viking site in Newfoundland , we don't hear much about the possibility there was also a landing site and a stay or campment on Cape Breton and that may have been in the Margaree valley .
On September 22, 2012 , there was a "symposium" held in Belle Cote , where several speakers came to tell their story and why they believe the Margaree River area is very likely "Vinland" . Where the Vikings camped on Cape Breton !!!!
One speaker was Murdena Marshall, a Mi'kmag historian from Eskasoni . She stunned everyone when she told them about a game she has that belonged to her Grandfathers Grandmother. It is a large wooden platter style of item , with a type of dice and sticks . She had students visit her from Finland a few years ago and just as they were about to leave , one of the students notices the wooden platter game board and tells her that they have a game just like that in Finland . Makes you wonder.
The world wide web is loaded with information , and a good place to start is wikipedia
at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinland.
This Margaree Trail has a history that dates back to the early settlers of Canada. There are families all over the world with roots from Cape Breton and the villages along the Margaree Trail.
Time is running out as every decade that goes by , we loose some of the history because it just doesn't get "documented" or "recorded".
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