According to the Icelandic sagas, around 35 Vikings sailed from Greenland to North America around the year 1000. “Then they decided to stay there for the winter, and they built a large house on the site,” states The Saga of the Greenlanders. In North America, the Norse settled in what is now Canada, and soon, several other expeditions followed in their wake. Additionally, the sagas recount that the Vikings repeatedly encountered conflicts with Indigenous peoples and lost settlers in battles. Continued Timber VoyagesAlthough the Vikings did not live permanently in North America for long, they continued to sail there for timber.