[Spruce]

I don't think it is too far fetched to speculate Viking explorers made it to the great lakes, even further.

[Burkeman1]

Considering they established Kiev- no I don't think it far fetched either. I am just not convinced that the evidence exists to prove it.

[Burkeman1]

I think the Norse of Greenland did not have extensive contact with the "Skraelings" as they called the native peoples of Canada simply because they could have dominated trade by the simple fact that they had metal work technology the Inuit and Native Amercians did not have. The Indians and "eskimos" would have immediatley seen the advantage of Iron weapons and tools and traded almost anything for them. That metal working technology was not transferred to these peoples suggests they had limited if not almost totally hostile contact.