Newfoundland and Labrador Route 436
 Route 436 | ||||
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| L'Anse aux Meadows Road | ||||
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| Maintained by Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Transportation and Infrastructure | ||||
| Length | 29.1 km (18.1 mi) | |||
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| South end |  Route 430 northwest of St. Anthony | |||
 Route 437 northwest of St. Anthony | ||||
| North end | L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site | |||
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| Country | Canada | |||
| Province | Newfoundland and Labrador | |||
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Route 436, also known as L'Anse aux Meadows Road, is a 29.1-kilometre-long (18.1 mi) 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),[1] and its northern terminus is at L'Anse aux Meadows, a world-famous archaeological site.[2]
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
- L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site[3][4][5][6]
Major intersections
| Location | km | mi | Destinations | Notes | |
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| | 0.0 | 0.0 |  Route 430 (Great Northern Peninsula Highway/Viking Trail) to Route 1 (TCH) – St. Anthony, Rocky Harbour, Deer Lake | Southern terminus | |
| | 3.6 | 2.2 | Route 437 north (Cape Onion Road) – Raleigh, Cape Onion | Southern terminus of Route 437; provides access to Pistolet Bay Provincial Park | |
| Noddy Bay | 23.7 | 14.7 | Quirpon Road (Route 436-11) - Quirpon | ||
| Hay Cove | 27.8 | 17.3 | Hay Cove Road - Hay Cove | ||
| L'Anse aux Meadows | 29.1 | 18.1 | Norstead Road | Northern terminus | |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References
- ^ "Route 436 southern terminus at Route 430" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved July 29, 2017.
- ^ "Route 436 northern terminus at L'Anse aux Meadows" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved July 29, 2017.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "ENVIRONMENT". www.ourcommons.ca.
- ^ Cordell, Linda S.; Lightfoot, Kent; McManamon, Francis; Milner, George (2009). "L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site". Archaeology in America: An Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p. 82. ISBN 978-0-313-02189-3.
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 .
- ^ Ledger, Paul M.; Girdland-Flink, Linus; Forbes, Véronique (15 July 2019). "New horizons at L'Anse aux Meadows". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116 (31): 15341–15343. Bibcode:2019PNAS..11615341L. doi:10.1073/PNAS.1907986116. eISSN 1091-6490. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 6681721. PMID 31308231.
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