Assertion: newfoundland | /r/HasProperty | island
Facets:
value: by sailing through cabot strait
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: The first but unofficial flag of Newfoundland (Island and Labrador) was the Red (at the hoist), White (centre) and Green (on the fly) tricolour of the Newfoundland Natives' Society (NNS) which was established in St. John's in 1840 with subsequent branches in other locations.
text: The Strait of Belle Isle separates the province into two geographical parts: Labrador, which is a large area of mainland Canada, and Newfoundland, an island in the Atlantic Ocean.
text: —Newfoundland, an island off the coast of Canada.
text: In 1535–36 Jacques Cartier demonstrated that Newfoundland was an island by sailing through Cabot Strait as well as the Strait of Belle Isle.
text: The Strait of Belle Isle separates the province into two geographical parts: Labrador, which is a large area of mainland Canada, and Newfoundland, an island in the Atlantic Ocean.
text: It is important to note that Newfoundland and Labrador is not an island province because, even though Newfoundland is an island, Labrador is mainland.
text: Newfoundland is an island that was a separate British colony until 1949 when it joined confederation with Canada.