Vinland the Viking Colony

== Leif Erikson ==
Leif Erikson was the son of Erik the Red famed Viking and discoverer of the island of Greenlandhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leif_Erikson, Leif set out for in 1000 from Greenland where he landed in Canada and founded the colony of Vinland, some people believe he went down the areas such as Maine and Minnesota as evidence by artifacts like the Maine Penny a Viking coin found in Maine in 1974https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine_penny, or the Kensington Tablets found in Minnesota in 1898 by a farmer. Leif later left and died a few years later.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinland#Life_in_Vinland