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Bistro On Roe
A cozy restaurant with
French-inspired dishes.
Try the crème brûlée or
flourless chocolate cake.
⌂ 110 Roe Ave, Gander
∑ bistroonroe.com
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Bonavista
Social Club
Tuck into juicy burgers
and wood-fired pizzas,
washed down with
Picturesque Trinity village, rhubarb lemonade
with its colorful 19th-century out on the sunny
buildings lining the water waterfront patio.
⌂ 2 Longshore Rd, Upper
Amherst Cove,
Nain is also home to world- Hopedale Mission Bonavista Peninsula
famous carvers such as John National Historic Site ¢ Mon & Tue; Nov–Apr
Terriak and Gilbert Hay. " ⌂ Agvituk Historical ∑ bonavista
The best way to explore Society, Hopedale § (709) socialclub.com
Nain and the Nunatsiavut 933 3881 # Daily
region is by taking the \\\
Northern Ranger ferry from
Happy Valley-Goose Bay and 7 Lighthouse Picnics
visting the small fishing com- Pick up a freshly
munities along the way. These Gander prepared feast at the
include Rigolet, the most k ~ n 109 Trans-Canada Ferryland Lighthouse
southern Inuit community in Hwy; www.gandercanada. and savor it outside
the world; Makkovik, a good com with breathtaking
place to buy traditional views of the Atlantic.
Labrador art; and Postville, This small town is a useful Be sure to book ahead.
once a trading post for Inuit tourist center for fuel and food, ⌂ Ferryland # May–Oct:
families. Nearby Hopedale but is probably best known for Wed–Sun, lunch only
boasts some of Canada’s its illustrious aviation his tory. ∑ lighthousepicnics.ca
oldest wooden-framed Gander's airport opened in \\\
constructions, inclu ding the 1938, and was once the largest
Hopedale Mission National in the world. In the aftermath
Historic Site, where stories of September 11, 2001, 38 jets
and artifacts are displayed. were rerouted here, nearly
doubling the tiny town's popu-
lation. Gander's hospitality
during this time later became
the subject of a Broadway
musical, Come From Away.
In Grand Falls-Windsor,
62 miles (100 km) west of
Gander, the Mary March
Provincial Museum, named
after the last survivor of the
now-extinct Beothuk people,
traces central Newfound land’s
history from the Aboriginal
cultures of 9,000 years ago
to the industrial age.
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