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HERITAGE RUN & SAINT-PIERRE ET MIQUELON
                Cupids Legacy Centre            town leaped into the history books and
                368 Seaforest Drive, Cupids     remained a global communications hub for
                T: 709.528.1610                 over a century. The cable station opened the
                www.cupidslegacycentre.ca       world to the outport men and women who
                                                worked here and remains a time capsule
                The Cupids Legacy Centre is a museum,   of the communications technology that
                archives, gallery and programming facility   connected us all right up to the 1960s.
                offering interactive cultural and heritage
                experiences. Our story begins in 1610,   their original environment. Seasonal.

                with the arrival of Canada’s first English   Please visit our website for show times.
                settlers. Museum exhibits reveal the
                settlers’ challenges and accomplishments
                and how their descendants helped   Heritage Run
                create our distinctive Newfoundland
                culture. The Centre also features a   & Saint-Pierre et
                rooftop faerie garden and regular events.   Miquelon
                Open daily from June to October.
                                                Come sit and stay a spell in a tough,
                Hawthorne Cottage National Historic Site  resilient land, where eight lighthouses
                1 South Street, Brigus          keep watch along the extensive coastline
                T: 709.528.4004
                www.pc.gc.ca/hawthornecottage   and where you can experience a little
                                                taste of European culture on route 210.
                Hawthorne Cottage was the Newfoundland
                home of legendary Arctic explorer
                Captain Bob Bartlett. See exhibits   Accommodations
                and artefacts from his voyages while   Marystown Hotel and
                admiring the nearly 200-year-old cottage,   Convention Centre

                a fine example of the picturesque   76 Ville Marie Drive, Marystown
                architectural style in Newfoundland.   T: 709.279.1600
                                                Toll Free: 866.612.6800
                Heart’s Content Cable Station   www.marystownhotel.com
                Provincial Historic Site
                Main Road, Heart’s Content      Full-service accommodations and conventions
                T: 709.583.2160                 destination. 133 guestrooms, suites, and

                www.seethesites.ca              efficiency units, all with air conditioning.
                                                Large banquet and meeting facilities
                In July 1866, after nine years and several   accommodating up to 500 people. P.J.
                unsuccessful attempts, the first permanent   Billington Restaurant, Pub Beau Bois night

                telegraph cable connecting Europe and   club, room service, air-conditioned public
                North America was hauled ashore at   area. Free high-speed wireless Internet
                Heart’s Content. This little Newfoundland   access, laundry/valet services, pets allowed.





                                     BURIN PENINSULA
                                     so much to see and do
                                       let us take care of
                                             YOU!

                                     For packages you'll love:
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