East Coast Trail Sunrise Labrador is the mainland part of the province of Newfoundland, and is separated from the Newfoundland island by a 15-kilometer (10 miles) wide strip of water at the top of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Despite having a population of only 28,000 people, Labrador covers over 293,000 square kilometers (113,000 square […]
East Coast Trail Sunrise Newfoundland is a rugged island[1] of a province where life revolves around the sea, shaping the people and their culture and giving it a distinct character from the rest of Canada. Locals refer to Newfoundland as the “Rock” and while Labrador on the mainland is officially part of the province, they […]
Cape Spear, Newfoundland Cape Spear historic site on the Avalon Peninsula[1] only a short drive from downtown St. John’s.[2] It is Canada’s easternmost point, and controversially holds the title as North America’s easternmost point.[3] The site has been designated a Canadian National Historic site and is called the Cape Spear National Historic Park.[4] Cape Spear […]
Whales off the coast of Cape Bonavista Bonavista is a fishing village on the Bonavista Peninsula on the east coast of Newfoundland. It has both a sheltered inner harbor for small fishing boats and an open harbor for larger crafts. In the 16th century, it was a popular port among European fishing fleets[1] because of […]
caffeine free L’Anse aux Meadows is a UNESCO World Heritage site located on the northern edge of Newfoundland’s northern Peninsula. This is the site of the only authenticated Viking settlement in the New World. Historians had long been convinced that Norsemen sailed from Iceland and landed somewhere in the Atlantic coast of North America. Viking […]
SSPX0916 St. John’s is the capital of Newfoundland and Labrador, situated snugly sheltered inside a large harbor that is almost completely landlocked save for a small gap known as the Narrows, which opens up to the Atlantic Ocean. This city is a network of modern buildings perched on hills that rise from the sea, intermingled […]