Category: History

Saturday, June 27th, Day 30 of our trip and the 23rd day in Newfoundland, was an easy day, with a family visit and a fairly short, extremely scenic hike where we could park for the night at the trailhead. We seldom get started early, and it was noon by...

Friday, June 26th, Day 29 of our trip and the 22nd day in Newfoundland, involved a lot of walking. I started the day with 3.5 km on the Coastal Trail at Cape Bonavista, then drove south for the 5.9-km Skerwink Trail, then put in another 1.9 km wandering the...

Thursday, June 25th, Day 28 of our trip and the 21st day in Newfoundland, was another day of exploring Bonavista. The weather was wild when we went to bed out at Cape Bonavista, and it got wilder. my day began with this post and photo on Facebook: “05:00 –...

After touring the Cape Bonavista Lighthouse the morning of Wednesday, June 24th, we drove into the community of Bonavista and spent the day engrossed in its five centuries of European history and thousands more years of other cultures. The day had begun with a misty rain and 8°C, and...

Wednesday, June 24th, Day 27 of our trip and the 20th day in Newfoundland, was a full day of exploring Bonavista, and we began at the lighthouse. We had parked for the night at the Landfall Municipal Park a few hundred meters away. I began the day, though, with...

On Tuesday, June 23rd, we started the day in Elliston (covered in the last post), then moved on to Bonavista, which was planned to be a two-night stay but became three nights. We arrived at Bonavista at about 11:00, did a loop around town, then went to the Visitor...

Thursday, June 18th, Day 21 of our trip and the 14th day in Newfoundland, was so amazing it’s taking me two posts to tell you about it. This first one is about a hike, the next will be about our spectacular iceberg boat tour. After a good experience with...

The weather was ugly at Twillingate on Wednesday, June 17th – Day 20 of our trip and the 13th day in Newfoundland. We visited the nearby Long Point Lighthouse and Twillingate Lighthouse Heritage Museum, and that was pretty much it for the day. We couldn’t get near the Twillingate...

Sunday, June 14, Day 17 of our trip and the 10th day in Newfoundland, was intended to be a partial day to explore Port au Choix before moving on, but we very soon decided to stay another night. As I write this, it’s our favourite community so far. My...

Saturday, June 13, Day 16 of our trip and the 9th day in Newfoundland, was intended to be a full day at St. Anthony with another overnight stay there, but turned out to be a partial day then we drove south to Port au Choix to get better weather....