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a popular spot, and you may catch sight feed, and the plentiful food has attracted
of rowers training for the Royal millions and millions of seabirds to the
Newfoundland Regatta, held the first reserve’s four islands. Most years,
Wednesday in August. Visit Quidi Vidi 10,000-year-old icebergs drift past,
Village at the eastern edge of St. John’s making for an incredible triple natural
and sample craft beer at the Quidi Vidi threat found nowhere else.
Brewery or check out up-and-coming Long before cars, people travelled
artisans at the Artisan Studios. Back on between communities along coastal
the Grand Concourse, walk the Waterford trails. That history inspired development
Valley following the Waterford River to of the East Coast Trail, stretching from
charming Bowring Park. Topsail to Cape St. Francis on the Killick
Tours are plentiful in St. John’s, giving Coast to Cappahayden on the Irish Loop.
you the opportunity to learn more about The trail offers a range of wilderness
the city’s culture and history – or even hiking and walking paths from easy to
practice your photography with a pro – strenuous. Hike past towering cliffs,
while taking in the sights and sounds. fjords, sea stacks, rock arches, and a
Boat tours in the area offer whale wave-driven freshwater geyser called
watching, iceberg viewing, and fishing. The Spout. Headlands offer spectacular
Out on the Atlantic, you’ll see the city and views of our coastline and wildlife.
its surrounding craggy cliffs with a Even the man-made elements, like the
brand-new perspective. impressive suspension bridge at La
Rise early to catch the sunrise at Cape Manche, complement the landscape
Spear Lighthouse, another of our many perfectly. If you’d like to thru-hike the
National Historic Sites. This is the first East Coast Trail, a local hiking tour
sunrise in North America, at the most operator can arrange accommodation,
easterly point of land on the continent. transportation between trail heads,
You can also join the East Coast Trail here luggage transfer, and meals.
for a hike. Continue on to Petty Harbour This route is rife with song and
for some sightseeing or a boat tour with a storytelling too – much of which is
side of fishing. Make a meal with your influenced by the area’s strong Irish
fresh catch, knit a net, or weave a sailor’s heritage (hence, the Irish Loop). Join a
knot with Fishing for Success. kitchen party in a traditional outport
home at Sullivan’s Songhouse in Calvert.
Irish Loop Ferryland is one of the oldest European
Start: Salmonier Line (Route 90) or Bay settlements in North America. The
Bulls (Route 10) Colony of Avalon, as it was named, was
Length: About 312 km founded in the 1620s by Lord Baltimore,
whose family later founded the American
colony of Maryland. Peer over the
shoulders of working archaeologists as
they uncover the remains of houses and
cobble streets from the 17th century.
A short drive down Route 10 takes The town’s famous lighthouse is home to
you to the whale and seabird tours that Lighthouse Picnics. Pick up your basket of
operate in the Witless Bay Ecological homemade delicacies and fresh
Reserve. Tours leave from Bay Bulls, lemonade, sit in the grass, and watch for
Witless Bay, and Mobile. Thousands of whales, seabirds, and icebergs to pass by.
humpback and minke whales stop by to

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