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Heritage Run in Burin Harbour. Captain James Cook
Start: Goobies stationed troops atop what is now called
Length: About 482 km. Add a 1 hour ferry Cook’s Lookout to watch for pirates and
crossing to the French Islands of St. Pierre privateers. The community museum has
at Miquelon excellent displays on the 1929 tsunami
that devastated the coast.
Winterland, on Route 222, has the best
soil in the peninsula, and has been a farming
area since the dark days of the Depression.
It’s also a good place for birdwatching.
Route 210 takes you down the Burin In 1942, two U.S. warships ran aground
Peninsula. Everything is different here near St. Lawrence. The people of St.
– from the dialects, to traditional set and Lawrence and Lawn risked their lives and
square dances, to the architecture. successfully rescued 186 sailors, bringing
Most communities are on the Placentia the sailors ashore and into their homes.
Bay side of the peninsula, because of the One of those rescued was the late Lanier
good anchorage, abundance of fish, and Phillips. The kindness shown to him by
pebble beaches for drying fish. There are the people of St. Lawrence – most of
only a handful of communities on the whom had never before seen someone of
west side in Fortune Bay. One of these is African American descent – helped him
Bay L’Argent, where a coastal boat – imagine a better world, and he went on to
passengers and freight only – connects help desegregate the U.S. Navy. The
with the community of Rencontre East Chamber Cove Heritage Walk traces the
and, further west, Pool’s Cove in the rugged coastline and leads to a memorial
Coast of Bays. The return trip is a fine monument commemorating this event.
one-day excursion. For a deeper dive into the history of these
Swift Current has long been a favourite shores, a guided walking tour is a must.
area for sport fishing, and antique car Grand Bank is the quintessential
enthusiasts will want to check out Newfoundland outport. More than any
Vernon’s Antique Car Museum. other, this town is associated with the
The highway crosses maritime barrens, schooner fishery, and the town’s
one of the main eco-regions that architecture reflects the prosperity and
characterize the province’s ecology. Keep loss that went hand-in-hand with that
an eye out for rough-legged hawks. The once-booming industry. Excellent
boulders dotting the landscape are examples of Queen Anne-style homes are
erratics dropped by glaciers when they topped by widow’s walks, where the
melted 10,000 years ago. wives of well-to-do skippers waited,
Community names reflect the diverse sometimes in vain, for their husbands’
European influences on early settlement: return. Buildings in the town have
Spanish Room, Jean de Baie, Rock Harbour. features borrowed from the architectures
Basque and Portuguese influences are of eastern Canada and New England,
sometimes buried under several layers of reflecting the reach of the fish trade. The
translation of the original names. George C. Harris House is a perfect
Marystown is the region’s commercial example of this period architecture, and
hub and service centre. Nearby Burin on the building’s widow’s walk provides a
Route 221 is built along a series of high bird’s-eye view over the town.
cliffs and sheltered coves. Take a stroll The Provincial Seamen’s Museum is
along the Oldest Colony Trust boardwalk located here as well.

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