Around 1,000 years ago, humans of Nordic descent established a settlement on L'Anse aux Meadows. Thousands of years before the Vikings, at least five other indigenous groups, including the Dorset, had occupied the site. Presumably, they were all aware of the woodland caribou that also called Newfoundland home. Today, hunters looking for a record-book woodland caribou will find them, too. They might also find black bear and Canada moose, though few make the records today.