Vikings in America
Settlements found on the east coast of North America show that the Vikings, sea-faring voyagers from northern Europe, arrived on this continent at least as early as 1000 AD, five-hundred years ahead of Columbus.
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| Descendents of the adventurous Vikings found their way to the Pacific coast where today many work in the fishing industry, perpetuating the nautical talents of their forbears. Was it one of them who named the Viking's? That whimsical carved figure of the Viking in his ship moored by the office door suggests as much. The Viking's was only one of several Nordic inspired resorts on the Oregon coast—the Norselander, for example–offering beach cabins, similar to those we now call "classic." Today few remain. |
