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Bell Island (Newfoundland and Labrador)

Index Bell Island (Newfoundland and Labrador)

Bell Island is an island located off the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada in Conception Bay. [1]

66 relations: Air embolism, Allan Hawco, Artifact (archaeology), Avalon Peninsula, Ball lightning, Beothuk, Brian Dunning (author), Bulk carrier, Canada, Cape Breton Island, Cape Broyle, Cave diving, CBC Radio One, CJBI-FM, Commuting, Conception Bay, Conception Bay South, David Brazil (politician), David Jackman (politician), Distance line, Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation, Dorset culture, Electromagnetic pulse, Ferry, German submarine U-513, German submarine U-518, Harry Hibbs (musician), Hematite, History (U.S. TV network), Iron ore, Labrador, Lightning, List of communities in Newfoundland and Labrador, List of islands of Newfoundland and Labrador, List of lighthouses in Canada, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Maritime Archaic, Merchant navy, Meteorology, Nazi Germany, New Mexico, Newfoundland (island), Newfoundland and Labrador, North America, Nova Scotia, Ordovician, Portugal Cove–St. Philip's, QF 4.7-inch Gun Mk I–IV, Quebec, Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway, ..., Sandstone, Shale, Smelting, St. John's metropolitan area, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Steve Lewis (diver), Sydney, Nova Scotia, The Explorers Club, Torpedo, U-boat, Underwater photography, Vela (satellite), Vela Incident, Wabana, Newfoundland and Labrador, World War II, Wreck diving. Expand index (16 more) »

Air embolism

An air embolism, also known as a gas embolism, is a blood vessel blockage caused by one or more bubbles of air or other gas in the circulatory system.

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Allan Hawco

Allan Hawco (born July 28, 1977) is a Canadian actor and producer, best known for his roles in the series ZOS: Zone of Separation, Republic of Doyle and The Book of Negroes, and the television films H2O and The Trojan Horse.

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Artifact (archaeology)

An artifact, or artefact (see American and British English spelling differences), is something made or given shape by humans, such as a tool or a work of art, especially an object of archaeological interest.

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Avalon Peninsula

The Avalon Peninsula is a large peninsula (9,220 km²) that makes up the southeast portion of the island of Newfoundland.

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Ball lightning

Ball lightning is an unexplained and potentially dangerous atmospheric electrical phenomenon.

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Beothuk

The Beothuk (or; also spelled Beothuck) were an indigenous people based on the island of Newfoundland.

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Brian Dunning (author)

Brian Andrew Dunning (born 1965) is an American writer and producer who focuses on science and skepticism.

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Bulk carrier

A bulk carrier, bulk freighter, or colloquially, bulker is a merchant ship specially designed to transport unpackaged bulk cargo, such as grains, coal, ore, and cement in its cargo holds.

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Canada

Canada is a country located in the northern part of North America.

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Cape Breton Island

Cape Breton Island (île du Cap-Breton—formerly Île Royale; Ceap Breatainn or Eilean Cheap Breatainn; Unama'kik; or simply Cape Breton, Cape is Latin for "headland" and Breton is Latin for "British") is an island on the Atlantic coast of North America and part of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada.

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Cape Broyle

The Town of Cape Broyle (population: 489) is an incorporated community located on the Avalon Peninsula in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

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Cave diving

Cave diving is underwater diving in water-filled caves.

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CBC Radio One

CBC Radio One is the English-language news and information radio network of the publicly owned Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

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CJBI-FM

CJBI-FM, is a radio station broadcasting community radio at 93.9 MHz (CHOZ-FM's original frequency) in Bell Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

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Commuting

Commuting is periodically recurring travel between one's place of residence and place of work, or study, and in doing so exceed the boundary of their residential community.

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Conception Bay

Conception Bay (CB) is a bay on the southeast coast of Newfoundland, Canada.

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Conception Bay South

Conception Bay South is a town located on the southern shore of Conception Bay on the Avalon Peninsula of the island of Newfoundland, Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

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David Brazil (politician)

David Brazil (born September 20, 1963) is a Canadian politician from Newfoundland and Labrador.

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David Jackman (politician)

David Ignatius "Nish" Jackman (May 19, 1902 – March 23, 1967) was a labour leader and politician in Newfoundland.

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Distance line

A distance line, penetration line, cave line or guide line is an item of diving equipment used by scuba divers as a means of returning to a safe starting point in conditions of low visibility, water currents or where pilotage is difficult.

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Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation

The Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation (also DOSCO) was a Canadian coal mining and steel manufacturing company.

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Dorset culture

The Dorset was a Paleo-Eskimo culture, lasting from 500 BC to between 1000 and 1500 AD, that followed the Pre-Dorset and preceded the Inuit in the Arctic of North America.

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Electromagnetic pulse

An electromagnetic pulse (EMP), also sometimes called a transient electromagnetic disturbance, is a short burst of electromagnetic energy.

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Ferry

A ferry is a merchant vessel used to carry passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo as well, across a body of water.

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German submarine U-513

U-513 was a type IXC U-boat built for service in Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.

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German submarine U-518

German submarine U-518 was a Type IXC U-boat of the Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.

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Harry Hibbs (musician)

Harry Hibbs (September 11, 1942December 21, 1989) was Newfoundland's best-known icon for traditional Newfoundland music.

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Hematite

Hematite, also spelled as haematite, is the mineral form of iron(III) oxide (Fe2O3), one of several iron oxides.

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History (U.S. TV network)

History (originally The History Channel from 1995 to 2008) is a history-based digital cable and satellite television network that is owned by A&E Networks, a joint venture between the Hearst Communications and the Disney–ABC Television Group division of the Walt Disney Company.

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Iron ore

Iron ores are rocks and minerals from which metallic iron can be economically extracted.

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Labrador

Labrador is the continental-mainland part of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

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Lightning

Lightning is a sudden electrostatic discharge that occurs typically during a thunderstorm.

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List of communities in Newfoundland and Labrador

This page lists communities of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

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List of islands of Newfoundland and Labrador

This is a list of islands of Newfoundland and Labrador.

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List of lighthouses in Canada

This is a list of lighthouses in Canada.

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Los Alamos National Laboratory

Los Alamos National Laboratory (Los Alamos or LANL for short) is a United States Department of Energy national laboratory initially organized during World War II for the design of nuclear weapons as part of the Manhattan Project.

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Maritime Archaic

The Maritime Archaic is a North American cultural complex of the Late Archaic along the coast of Newfoundland, the Canadian Maritimes and northern New England.

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Merchant navy

A merchant navy or merchant marine is the fleet of merchant vessels that are registered in a specific country.

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Meteorology

Meteorology is a branch of the atmospheric sciences which includes atmospheric chemistry and atmospheric physics, with a major focus on weather forecasting.

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Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany is the common English name for the period in German history from 1933 to 1945, when Germany was under the dictatorship of Adolf Hitler through the Nazi Party (NSDAP).

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New Mexico

New Mexico (Nuevo México, Yootó Hahoodzo) is a state in the Southwestern Region of the United States of America.

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Newfoundland (island)

Newfoundland (Terre-Neuve) is a large Canadian island off the east coast of the North American mainland, and the most populous part of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

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Newfoundland and Labrador

Newfoundland and Labrador (Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; Akamassiss; Newfoundland Irish: Talamh an Éisc agus Labradar) is the most easterly province of Canada.

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North America

North America is a continent entirely within the Northern Hemisphere and almost all within the Western Hemisphere; it is also considered by some to be a northern subcontinent of the Americas.

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Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia (Latin for "New Scotland"; Nouvelle-Écosse; Scottish Gaelic: Alba Nuadh) is one of Canada's three maritime provinces, and one of the four provinces that form Atlantic Canada.

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Ordovician

The Ordovician is a geologic period and system, the second of six periods of the Paleozoic Era.

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Portugal Cove–St. Philip's

Portugal Cove–St.

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QF 4.7-inch Gun Mk I–IV

The QF 4.7 inch Gun Mks I, II, III, and IVMk I.

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Quebec

Quebec (Québec)According to the Canadian government, Québec (with the acute accent) is the official name in French and Quebec (without the accent) is the province's official name in English; the name is.

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Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway

The Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway is a private Canadian regional railway that stretches through the wilderness of northeastern Quebec and western Labrador.

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Sandstone

Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) mineral particles or rock fragments.

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Shale

Shale is a fine-grained, clastic sedimentary rock composed of mud that is a mix of flakes of clay minerals and tiny fragments (silt-sized particles) of other minerals, especially quartz and calcite.

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Smelting

Smelting is a process of applying heat to ore in order to melt out a base metal.

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St. John's metropolitan area

The St.

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St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

St.

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Steve Lewis (diver)

Steve Lewis (born 1950) is an active cave and wreck diver.

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Sydney, Nova Scotia

Sydney is a population centre and former city in Nova Scotia, Canada.

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The Explorers Club

The Explorers Club is an American-based international multidisciplinary professional society with the goal of promoting scientific exploration and field study.

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Torpedo

A modern torpedo is a self-propelled weapon with an explosive warhead, launched above or below the water surface, propelled underwater towards a target, and designed to detonate either on contact with its target or in proximity to it.

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U-boat

U-boat is an anglicised version of the German word U-Boot, a shortening of Unterseeboot, literally "undersea boat".

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Underwater photography

Underwater photography is the process of taking photographs while under water.

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Vela (satellite)

Vela was the name of a group of satellites developed as the Vela Hotel element of Project Vela by the United States to detect nuclear detonations to monitor compliance with the 1963 Partial Test Ban Treaty by the Soviet Union.

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Vela Incident

The Vela Incident, also known as the South Atlantic Flash, was an unidentified double flash of light detected by an American Vela Hotel satellite on 22 September 1979 near the Prince Edward Islands off Antarctica.

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Wabana, Newfoundland and Labrador

Wabana is a Canadian town and the largest, and only incorporated, community on Bell Island in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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Wreck diving

Wreck diving is recreational diving where the wreckage of ships, aircraft and other artificial structures are explored.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Island_(Newfoundland_and_Labrador)

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