The Explanatory Power of Climate History for the 19th-Century Maritimes and Newfoundland: A Prospectus

• Main Author: Devor, Teresa
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Department of History at the University of New Brunswick 2014
• Subjects: hist; geo; Charlottetown; Newfoundland; Terre-Neuve
• Online Access: http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1062188ar

This article introduces the sources, methods, and groundwork for regional climate history. A reconstruction of 19th-century climate in Halifax, Charlottetown, St. John’s, and the waters of the Maritimes and Newfoundland contributes to understanding the ways that extreme seasonality and climatic vari...