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Point Amour Labrador

Your Labrador journey light on the historical significance

starts here. of this massive structure. Red Bay
National Historic Site has intriguing
displays and artifacts from the 1530s
to the 1620s depicting Basque whaling Itinerary Find more itineraries, or create your own, at NewfoundlandLabrador.com/tripplannerner
operations. Learn about the hardship,
exploitation, and profit associated DAY 4
with whaling, then view the preserved In the morning, catch the boat back
16th-century chalupa – a small boat to Mary’s Harbour and drive to St.
from which they hunted. In 2013, Lewis to search for icebergs, and then
Red Bay was declared a UNESCO to Port Hope Simpson where you can
World Heritage Site. go hiking or fishing. There are some
excellent trails in this area, and you
DAY 3 can enjoy fishing for Atlantic salmon
In Mary’s Harbour, catch the morning on pristine rivers. Spend the night
boat to Battle Harbour for an excursion at the hotel.
to a picturesque fishing village
established in the 1750s. This island DAY 5
community is a back-in-time adventure Set out for adventure in Cartwright
where you can escape the electronic on the doorstep of the Wunderstrands,
distractions of modern life. a 50-kilometre sandy beach named
by the Vikings when they sailed past
Take a guided tour of the 18th-century it 1,000 years ago.
buildings and discover why this
National Historic Site and District is DAY 6
the best-preserved traditional fishing Today’s drive skirts the Mealy
village in the province. Explore the Mountains that dramatically rise
island and spend the night in a one- from the shores of Lake Melville in
of-a-kind accommodation. southeastern Labrador. This is the

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