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unusual facts about Grand Banks of Newfoundland


Grand Banks of Newfoundland

On 18 November 1929, a major earthquake (known as the 1929 Grand Banks earthquake) on the southwestern part of the Grand Banks bordering the Laurentian Channel caused an underwater landslide which resulted in extensive damage to transatlantic cables and generated a rare Atlantic tsunami that struck the south coast of Newfoundland and eastern Cape Breton Island claiming 28 lives in the Burin Peninsula.


Jean Ango

Their arrival in 1508 is the second recorded voyage of a French ship to the Grand Banks after the expedition of John Cabot.

Sealed Cargo

Shorthanded, he hires Danish sailor Konrad, and the Daniel Webster sails for the Grand Banks fishing grounds.


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