Canadian Maritimes Travel
We will be traveling to the Atlantic Provinces this summer. Am looking for recent book or guides that will help us plan that journey with our truck camper. Any suggestions?
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Little Kopit is right. My parents were here for a month last year for a month. They figure they saw about 15% of the island portion of the province.
Like I said earlier, Cape Spear is the most easterly point in North America. Signal Hill is the location of the very first trans-Atlantic wireless message.
It is worth it to take the boat on Western Brook Pond in Gros Morne NP on the island's west coast. But be warned, the trip from St. John's to Deer Lake is about an 8hr drive.
We did it with a stop just outside Gander at Square Pond campground. While there check out the Silent Witness Memorial. This the location where 248 soldiers from 101st Airborne Division lost their lives on the way home at Christmas after serving overseas. Or check out the flight museum in Gander.
Each town has its own website, that lists attractions, including that town's annual festival. The 2 biggest are the Salmon Fest in Grand Falls-Windsor (July 5-7) and the Mussel Bed Soirée in Lewisporte (Aug 5-7). Both festivals have their own website.
If you do end up coming to the island of Newfoundland there are 2 ferry routes. One comes to the eastern side of the island to a town called Argentia. The other comes to the western side of the island to a town called Port Aux Basques. Book your fery ahead of time and get a berth (room with a bed). The ferry routes are long, up to a 14 hr trip to Argentia and 8hr to Port Aux Basques. What many people do is to come to one side, your across the province and leave from the other.
Like I said earlier, Cape Spear is the most easterly point in North America. Signal Hill is the location of the very first trans-Atlantic wireless message.
It is worth it to take the boat on Western Brook Pond in Gros Morne NP on the island's west coast. But be warned, the trip from St. John's to Deer Lake is about an 8hr drive.
We did it with a stop just outside Gander at Square Pond campground. While there check out the Silent Witness Memorial. This the location where 248 soldiers from 101st Airborne Division lost their lives on the way home at Christmas after serving overseas. Or check out the flight museum in Gander.
Each town has its own website, that lists attractions, including that town's annual festival. The 2 biggest are the Salmon Fest in Grand Falls-Windsor (July 5-7) and the Mussel Bed Soirée in Lewisporte (Aug 5-7). Both festivals have their own website.
If you do end up coming to the island of Newfoundland there are 2 ferry routes. One comes to the eastern side of the island to a town called Argentia. The other comes to the western side of the island to a town called Port Aux Basques. Book your fery ahead of time and get a berth (room with a bed). The ferry routes are long, up to a 14 hr trip to Argentia and 8hr to Port Aux Basques. What many people do is to come to one side, your across the province and leave from the other.
