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EXPERIENCE Newfoundland and Labrador rocky shoreline of the

Sun setting over the
Bonavista Peninsula

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Twillingate Museum, located
Bonavista, the huge 19th-
Bonavista Peninsula
century buildings of Ryan
in an Edwardian rectory,
has several rooms furnished
Premises, once a busy fish
@ St. John’s g Argentia Along the waterfront of echoes their history. The
n Discovery Trail Tourism merchants’ processing facility, with period antiques.
Association; (709) 466 are now restored as a National Twillingate is often described
Historic Site. Inside the three
as the “Iceberg Capital” since
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large buildings, there are the bulk of the huge icebergs
Bonavista Peninsula juts out displays on the history of the floating down through Iceberg
into the Atlantic ocean, a fisheries in North America. Alley are found here. For a
rugged coastal landscape of close-up look, and whale
seacliffs, harbor inlets, and watching, take a spring or
enchanting small villages such 13 early-summer boat tour.
as Birchy Cove and Trouty. The rugged Fogo Island is a
The town of Bonavista is Notre Dame Bay ferry ride away. Located here
believed to be where Italian @ Gander g Port-aux- is the Fogo Island Inn, now a
explorer Giovanni Caboto Basques; Argentia world-famous luxury hotel.
(p66) first stepped ashore in (seasonal) n Notre Dame Visitors also go to Change
the New World. His monument Junction, Route 1 Islands, two tiny islands home
stands on a high, rocky to the critically endan gered
promontory, near the Cape On the east side, traditional Newfoundland pony.
Bona vista Lighthouse, built Newfoundland outports
in 1843. maintain a way of life that
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Labrador Straits
g Blanc Sablon n L’Anse au
Clair; www.labrador
coastaldrive.com
Hauntingly beautiful coastal
landscapes explain why this is
a popular place to visit. A year-
round ferry service crosses
the strait from St. Barbe,
Newfound land, to Blanc
Sablon, Quebec, just a few
miles from the Labrador
border. From there, take
The interior and unusual exhibits of Route 510, which leads east
Twillingate Museum, on Notre Dame Bay along the Labrador Coastal
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