Route 101 from the western terminus to milepost 6.78 in East Killingly is also known as the Leif Ericson Highway.
It is also notable that Leif Ericson who discovered Vinland or America long before the time of Christopher Columbus grew up in Dalasýsla.
But Leif Ericson probably discovered America "first" (forgive me for not counting the native Americans, who of course really discovered it "first").
A Discordian anarchist, he fights the Illuminati from a golden submarine, the Leif Ericson (named after the Viking explorer Leif Ericson) The Leif Ericson was supposedly designed and built by himself, stolen from the United States Navy, or a gift from the Mafia.
Leif Ericson | Eric Ericson | Leif Garrett | Leif Erickson | Leif Ove Andsnes | Leif Juster | Leif Elggren | Leif Edling | Nils Ericson | Leif Ryvarden | Leif Podhajsky | Ericson Yachts | Rolf Ericson | Leif Welding-Olsen | Leif Tronstad | Leif Shiras | Leif Olve Dolonen Larsen | Leif G. W. Persson | Leif Frode Onarheim | Leif Boork | Leif Anderson | John Ericson (actor) | John Ericson |
It was also during this time in the lead-up to the millennium that Newfoundland undertook an aggressive tourism marketing campaign which focused on important anniversaries such as the 500th year since John Cabot's voyage of discovery (1997), as well as the 1000th year since Vikings, such as Leif Ericson, made landfall on the province's shores (2000).
This would include any future discovery of Viking burials, such as those from Leif Ericson's lost colony (which is thought to be similar to L'Anse aux Meadows).