Markland's the name given to a part of shoreline in Labrador, Canada, named by Leif Eriksson when he landed in North America. Markland, Norse for "forestland" or "borderland",'s known to be north of Vinland and south of Helluland. The story's told in the Saga of the Greenlanders. It's generally believed to be Labrador, as Labarador lies in the heavily forested taiga region of the Northern Hemisphere. Ericson's crew cut down trees and took them to Greenland, because Greenland had relatively few… (More on Markland)