Kayak Magazine April 2016 Back Issue

The first Vikings came to Canada more than 1,000 years ago. Well, they weren’t really Vikings—they were Norsemen sailing from Iceland and Greenland. (Vikings were the ones who went raiding, mainly in Europe, stealing from and terrorizing people near the shores where they landed. The Norse were the people who farmed or built things instead of going on raids.) Read all about their lives and their distinctive ships and houses. The discovery of their settlement at L’Anse aux Meadows on the island of Newfoundland changed the world’s ideas about who were the first Europeans to see North America. Take our History Mystery challenge to see if you can decide which weekdays are named after Norse gods. There’s lots more, too—check out the April issue and discover the Norse for yourself!