Formerly known as Newfoundland Colony and subsequently the Dominion of Newfoundland, Newfoundland surrendered its independence to the British Empire in 1933, following substantial economic suffering caused by the Great Depression and the aftermath of Newfoundland's participation in World War I. On March 31, 1949, it became the tenth and last province to join the Canadian Confederation as "Newfoundland." On December 6, 2001, the Constitution of Cawas amended to change the province's name to "Newfoundland and Labrador."

My family came to Newfoundland in the mid-1700s from Liverpool and Manchester. With occupations ranging from carpenters to fishermen, they lived in North Harbour, Burin & Jacques Fontaine, among other places.

Newfoundland is far away but close to my heart.