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Craft Council of Newfoundland & Labrador

The Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador represents 300 professional craft designers and makers in all parts of the province. At the Devon House Craft Centre in St. John’s, find a large juried craft shop, changing gallery exhibitions and a teaching clay studio. Get the Craft Council Studio Guide and visit craft and visual art studios throughout Newfoundland and Labrador.

It's a Fact!
  • In 1901, Italian scientist Guglielmo Marconi set up a listening post on Signal Hill and successfully received the first wireless transmission from Europe.
  • English navigator Sir Humphrey Gilbert claimed Newfoundland in 1583 as England's first possession in the Americas.
  • Newfoundland is home to some of the world's largest and most accessible seabird colonies in North America.
  • In 1919 a British aircraft departed from Lester's Field, in what is now the west central part of the city, and landed in Clifden, Ireland, less than 17 hours later, marking the first non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
  • The accent heard in St. John's is very similar to that of Waterford, Ireland.
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