I was thinking about how history would'eve changed if Norwegian settlers had permantly settled in Newfoundland and up the St. Lawrence in the decades following Leif Ericcson's exploration of Northern America in the years between 1000 AD?

What if Leif and his kin had dared to sail up the St.Lawrence after having created a few settlements in Newfoundland, creating another number of settlements to the north of Quebec as far south as Montreal? And let's say that a sort of Norwegian kingdom had been established there around 1100-1150? I'm sure that news of this new kingdom in Europe would'eve made Columbus' voyage to the New World obsolete. Could the Norwegians have created a nation there and if they did, how would it have looked like? Would it have failed eventually or would it have become huge, encompassing the entire northern coast New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Maine, New Hampshire, New York? I mean, America was up for grabs...
I wonder...

What if Leif and his kin had dared to sail up the St.Lawrence after having created a few settlements in Newfoundland, creating another number of settlements to the north of Quebec as far south as Montreal? And let's say that a sort of Norwegian kingdom had been established there around 1100-1150? I'm sure that news of this new kingdom in Europe would'eve made Columbus' voyage to the New World obsolete. Could the Norwegians have created a nation there and if they did, how would it have looked like? Would it have failed eventually or would it have become huge, encompassing the entire northern coast New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Maine, New Hampshire, New York? I mean, America was up for grabs...
I wonder...

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