Interesting

[mbarrick]

I'll have to read this in more detail later since I'm at work now, but I came across a site that has an interesting argument that "Vinland" could have been the Cowichan Valley. Yup, Vikings in Duncan.

Background
Navigating the Northwest Passage
Blonde Eskimoes
Viking Petroglyphs, Sails and Ships
Ships for Rooves and Cooper Plated Monsters
Weaving, Wool, and the Cowichan Sweater
Cairns, Bears, Petroglyphs, Sagas and Wine.

As I said, I haven't read it in detail, but it appears well researched, with the research well documented, and incorporates several recent Viking discoveries in the far north that I was heretofore unaware of. Fascinating stuff.