In about 1,000 AD, it is believed that explorer Leif Ericson discovered North America and named it what?
Leif Erikson proclaim 9 October of each year as "Leif Erikson Day". Leif is the main character in two novels called "Vinland the Good", and the 1928 film "The Viking". Leif is one of the main characters in Makoto Yukimura's manga "Vinland Saga". Leif Erikson Leif Erikson or Leif Ericson ( 970 – c. 1020) was a Norse explorer from Iceland. He was the first known European to have set foot on continental North America (excluding Greenland), before Christopher Columbus. According to the Sagas of Icelanders, he established a Norse settlement at Vinland, tentatively identified with the Norse L'Anse aux Meadows on
MV Leif Ericson ran aground on Blériot Plage whilst waiting to enter the port of Calais. On 26 October 2006 "Leif Ericson" collided with a concrete structure in Port aux Basques after losing power. The vessel has a capacity of 500 passengers and 300 passenger vehicles (combination of automobiles and tractor trailers). She usually operates carrying commercial vehicles only on the North Sydney-Port aux Basques route. Passenger traffic is usually handled by the and MV Leif Ericson The MV "Leif Ericson" is a commercial passenger/vehicle ferry in service with the Canadian operator Marine Atlantic. She is currently the oldest vessel in the Marine