On Regatta Day in 1932 parts of Newfoundland’s Avalon Peninsula received a whopping 20cm of hail.

Defying the tragic history of the Island of the Dead, 17 year-old Ann Harvey took on the impossible and rescued more than 150 shipwrecked immigrants from a windswept rock off southwestern Newfoundland.

On a hot summer day in 1892 a horrible fire swept through St. John’s. It left eleven-thousand people homeless and forever changed the face of the city.

On June 26, 1930 a horrible storm with giant hail pelted the small town of Lumsden and wrecked havoc all along Newfoundland’s east coast.

“Everyone was harried with fear, but they could not take their eyes of the monster which seemed to have life.” That’s how the St. John’s Daily Star described the fateful visit of US blimp C-5 to the city in 1919.

Strange stories and odd iceberg trivia from the edge of Iceberg Alley — Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada 

From finding dead bodies to fending off fairies, bread was so much more than a nutritional staple in Newfoundland.

Mar falten, chamber pots and press pile compasses — a collection pranks, customs and other foolishness for April Fools’ Day in Newfoundland.

The story of pirate Peter Easton and the tale of Newfoundland’s most famous mermaid share one point of connection — Richard Whitbourne.

Most Newfoundlanders can probably tell you Sheila’s Brush is a March snowstorm but who Sheila is, and how the storm got named for her are trickier questions.

How bad can a Newfoundland winter get? How about snow drifts in the governor’s bedroom? Not that the governor complained much - he couldn’t, he ended up pickled in a barrel of rum.

Owing to its name, Dildo may be one of the best known communities in Newfoundland and Labrador. How the town got such an unusual name is a matter of debate.