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Your Labrador journey
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starts here.

Torngat Mountains National Park, known by the Inuit as the place of spirits, will
transfix you with its towering mountains, vast fjords, flowing rivers, and Indigenous
ancestry. Visit Happy Valley-Goose Bay – a town founded from a World War II airbase.
A trip to Battle Harbour on the south coast is an absolute must. Here, you’ll immerse
yourself in the traditional ways of the past, surrounded by the roaring ocean and
awe-inspiring coastline. Saturated in history and culture, Red Bay is the essence of
Labrador coastal living.

and seals. Walk along the Jersey Trail,
a path tracing the rugged shoreline,
scattered with interpretive plaques.
Stop by the Gateway to Labrador
Visitor Centre to view artifacts and
get information. Then head to the
COVERING soft, sandy beach and stretch out
UNTOUCHED GROUND on a blanket.

DAY 1 DAY 2
Starting in St. Barbe, catch the L’Anse-Amour is where you’ll find the
afternoon ferry to Blanc Sablon. oldest-known burial mound in North
Watch for soaring and swooping America, dating back 7,500 years. Just
seabirds. Drive five kilometres to down the road, Point Amour has the
L’Anse-au-Clair – settled by the French tallest lighthouse in Atlantic Canada,
in the early 1700s when they first came standing a whopping 109 feet. As you
to this region to fish and hunt whales climb the steps, a guide will shed some

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