Oolum and the Vikings

In 1000AD. Leif Erikkson landed and settled his ship and crew, including a dog named Oolum, on the peninsula now known as Newfoundland in Eastern Canada. At the time he named the land "Vinland" because of the lush grapevines and grasses that grew there. Oolum, known as a Viking Bear Dog, large and black with giant paws for swimming and covering miles of terrain, was a comrade at sea to his master adventurers. This is my ancestry, my North American roots, which developed in Europe and mixed with the great hunting dogs of the North American Indians and other settlers who used dogs for hunting and companionship during long days at sea.