Introducing St Anthony
Yeehaw! You’ve made it to the end of the road, your windshield has helped control the insect population and you have seen two World Heritage sites. After such grandeur, St Anthony may be a little anticlimactic. It’s not what you’d call pretty, but it has a rough-hewn charm. And the hiking and whale- and iceberg-watching inspire.
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Grenfell is a big name around here. Sir Wilfred Grenfell was a local legend and, by all accounts, quite a man. This English-born and -educated doctor first came to Newfoundland in 1892 and, for the next 40 years, traveling by dog-sled and boat, built hospitals and nursing stations and organized much-needed fishing cooperatives along the coast of Labrador and around St Anthony.
Last updated: Mar 2, 2009
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RE: Driving in the Great Northern Peninsula and the rest of NF
by majordawg 17 July 2011
Aug 29 is way way late in the season for icebergs, can't imagine that you'd see one then...whales to may be scarce although I'm not certain…
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RE: Driving in the Great Northern Peninsula and the rest of NF
by fanjoy 17 July 2011
I enjoyed the drive to St. Anthony, stopping at the 1000 year old Viking site L'Anse aux Meadows along the way. The landscape is very…
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RE: Newfoundland
by majordawg 16 July 2011
Not gonna see many icebergs that time of year...I would be surprised if you saw any...but a drive along the west coast from Deer Lake…
