Attention: Archival community members, on behalf of the St. John's Host
Committee

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A few reasons to come to St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador  for ACA 2006


 The first province to respond to Titanic distress signal 

 The first to vaccinate for smallpox 

 The first to host a transatlantic flight 

  The first to have wireless communication in the world 

 The first place to discover proof of the theory of continental drift

WE HAVE. . . .   

 The oldest street in North America 

 The oldest city in North America 

 The oldest rock in the world 

 The oldest continuous sporting event (Regatta Day rules! ) #

 The largest university in Atlantic Canada 

~   the most pubs per square foot in Canada (George Street) #

~  the longest running radio program in North America 

~  caught the world's largest invertebrate (giant squid)

WE ARE. . . . . .  

~  the funniest people in Canada (ask anybody) 

~  the sexiest people in Canada (MacLean's magazine survey) 

~  the only Province that has four identifiable flags 

~  the only Province able to land the space shuttle (Stephenville) 

~  the most giving people in Canada (Stats Canada) 

~  the most sexually active people in all of Canada (what else are we gonna
do!!) 


A NEWFOUNDLANDER. . . . .   

~  built the world's first artificial ice arena 

~  invented the gas mask 

~  was once governor of northern Rhodesia 

~  was with Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg

WE ARE THE ONLY PROVINCE TO HAVE IT'S OWN. . . . . . . .  

~  encyclopedia 

~  dictionary 

~  pony 

~  dogs 

~  cultural publication 

 

Larry Dohey
Archives of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese
P.O. Box 1363
St. John's, NL
Canada
A1C 5M3
 
709-726-3660
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