The Entente and Newfoundland

1904 Anglo-French agreement transformed Newfoundland

Until April 1904, France held rights to two-fifths of the Newfoundland.

Britain and France marked the 120th anniversary on Monday of an agreement that ended centuries of rivalry between the two countries that had all-too-frequently involved war.

While people across Newfoundland noted the day for the solar eclipse, the Entente Cordiale the British and Fren…