Newfoundland and Labrador Route 436 explained

Province:NL
Type:NL
Route:436
Alternate Name:L'Anse aux Meadows Road
Maint:Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Transportation and Infrastructure
Length Km:29.1
Direction A:South
Terminus A: northwest of St. Anthony
Junction: northwest of St. Anthony
Direction B:North
Terminus B:L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site
Previous Type:NL
Previous Route:435
Next Type:NL
Next Route:437

Route 436, also known as L'Anse aux Meadows Road, is a 29.1adj=midNaNadj=mid north-south highway on the Great Northern Peninsula of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Its southern terminus is an intersection on Route 430 (Viking Trail/Great Northern Peninsula Highway), and its northern terminus is at L'Anse aux Meadows, a world-famous archaeological site.

Route description

Route 436 begins at an intersection with Route 430 (Great Northern Peninsula Highway/Viking Trail) just a few kilometres northwest of St. Anthony. It heads northeast through rural areas to cross a couple of brooks before having an intersection with Route 437 (Cape Onion Road). The highway now begins winding its way along the coastline as it passes through St. Lunaire-Griquet and Gunners Cove. Route 436 has an intersection with a local road leading to Quirpon before it passes through Noddy Bay and Straitsview (also known as Spillars Cove). The highway now meets a short local road to Hay Cove before entering L'Anse aux Meadows, where it meets a road leading to the visitor center before coming to an end at an intersection with Norstead Road.

Attractions along Route 436

Notes and References

  1. Web site: L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site. . UNESCO World Heritage Center. L'Anse aux Meadows is the first and only known site established by Vikings in North America and the earliest evidence of European settlement in the New World. As such, it is a unique milestone in the history of human migration and discovery..
  2. Web site: ENVIRONMENT. www.ourcommons.ca.
  3. Encyclopedia: Linda S. . Cordell . Kent . Lightfoot . Francis . McManamon . George . Milner . L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site . Archaeology in America: An Encyclopedia . 2009 . ABC-CLIO . 978-0-313-02189-3 . 82. This is a substantial base for analysis, which yields an entirely credible range of dates between 990 and 1050 and a mean date of 1014 CE, which is popularly rounded off at 1000 CE ..
  4. Ledger . Paul M. . Girdland-Flink . Linus . Forbes . Véronique . New horizons at L'Anse aux Meadows . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . 15 July 2019 . 116 . 31 . 15341–15343 . 0027-8424 . 1091-6490 . 10.1073/PNAS.1907986116 . 31308231 . 6681721 . 2019PNAS..11615341L . Modeling results were remarkably consistent, and model A suggests Norse occupation began Cal AD 910–1030..... A weighted mean of twig dates—notwithstanding issues associated with combination of 14C ages from multiple individuals—provided a result of AD 986–1022 .