Newfoundland & Labrador
Dominating the interior of the region is the 1070-sq-km Avalon Wilderness Reserve. Illegal hunting dropped the region's caribou population to around 100…
Must-see attractions in Newfoundland & Labrador
Newfoundland & Labrador
Newfoundland's indigenous population remains a mystery to historians, as the last individuals died in the early 19th century. The rest of the Beothuk – a…
Newfoundland & Labrador
Wooden boats were once as common as cod in Newfoundland, but these classic craft have since been largely replaced by fiberglass vessels. This museum,…
Newfoundland & Labrador
This small museum began as a memorial to the men who died during the Great Sealing Disaster of 1914, which claimed 250 lives, some via shipwreck, others…
Barachois Pond Provincial Park
Western Newfoundland
This popular park, sitting just south of Rte 480 on Hwy 1, is one of the few in the province to offer a backcountry experience. From the campground, the…
Grenfell Interpretation Centre
Newfoundland & Labrador
A number of local sites pertaining to pioneering doctor Sir Wilfred Grenfell are subsumed under Grenfell Historic Properties. The Grenfell Interpretation…
Cape Spear National Historic Site
Newfoundland & Labrador
In a stunning windswept setting, this site includes an interpretive center, a refurbished 1835 lighthouse and the heavy gun batteries and magazines built…
Newfoundland & Labrador
Can't get enough of the long-bearded Viking lifestyle? Stop by Norstead, just beyond the turnoff to the national historic site. This recreated Viking…
Eastern Newfoundland
Exhibits examine the geology of the Burin Peninsula, minerals and rocks, the 1929 Grand Banks tsunami and prehistoric animals. Kids will appreciate this…
Newfoundland & Labrador
Right out of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, this university center examines the salmon life cycle, seal navigation, ocean currents and life in cold oceanic…
Eastern Newfoundland
Enter this structure and discover a wonderful replica of John Cabot's 15th-century ship Matthew, which Cabot sailed into Bonavista. Travelers who love…
Newfoundland & Labrador
This is an exceptionally well-executed small museum, full of historical artifacts and cool interpretive exhibits, including a recreated school house,…
Western Newfoundland
The southwestern tip of the peninsula is one of those Newfoundland places where the wind blows and the ocean rumbles and you generally feel as if you're…
Gros Morne National Park
While this spot falls into the kitschy-but-fun attraction-cum-gift-shop category, we want to stress: it is fun. Several rooms, each themed around a Gros…
Eastern Newfoundland
This brilliant red-and-white-striped lighthouse dates from 1843. The interior has been restored to the 1870s, and includes the original lead-weight pulley…
Edge of Avalon Interpretive Centre
Newfoundland & Labrador
Part of the Mistaken Point Ecological Reserve, the center offers information and exhibits on the history of the reserve, fossil science and the unique…
Newfoundland & Labrador
Capt Robert Bartlett made more than 20 Arctic expeditions, and in 1909 cleared a trail in the ice that enabled US commander Robert Peary to make his…
Newfoundland & Labrador
Admission to the Grenfell Historic Properties includes Grenfell's beautiful mansion, now the Grenfell Museum. It's behind the hospital, about a five…
Newfoundland & Labrador
At the edge of town is Ben Ploughman's capricious studio of folk art. Pieces such as Crucifixion of the Cod are classic and the artist himself is happy to…
New-Wes-Valley
Drive alllll the way to the end of the road and you'll get to Pool's Island, an outcrop of smoothed boulders and pebbly beach often cloaked in a thick pea…
Newfoundland & Labrador
The 3km trail that circles this 'pond' – which could conceivably be considered a lake in many other places – includes crushed gravel and boardwalk…
Royal St John's Regatta Museum
St John's
Quidi Vidi Lake is the site of the city-stopping St John's Regatta. The Royal St John's Regatta Museum is on the 2nd floor of the boathouse, and gives an…
Newfoundland & Labrador
The first of Fogo Island's iconic studios to be built, the Long Studio sticks out like a minimalist trapezoid thumb in the midst of the wilds outside of…
Castle Hill National Historic Site
Newfoundland & Labrador
French and British forces spent almost a decade fighting over this land, all in the name of expanding their fisheries and seizing control of the North…
Labrador
From Wabush, 39km east on Rte 500 is Grande Hermine Park, which has a beach and some fine scenery. The Menihek hiking trail (15km) goes through wooded…
Fortune Head Ecological Reserve
Eastern Newfoundland
The reserve protects fossils dating from the planet's most important period of evolution, when life on earth progressed from simple organisms to complex…
Labrador
At 109ft, this is the tallest lighthouse in Atlantic Canada, with 127 steps to climb. When you reach the top, you will be rewarded with a spectacular 360…
Ryan Premises National Historic Site
Eastern Newfoundland
Explore a restored 19th-century saltfish mercantile complex at this National Historic Site, which consists of a slew of white clapboard buildings. The…
Western Newfoundland
The spit of land that connects Port au Port to the mainland looks as if it could be snipped away with a pair of dull scissors. In fact, this isthmus is…
Labrador Interpretation Centre
Labrador
Officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1997, the Labrador Interpretation Centre is the provincial museum, which holds some of Labrador's finest works…
Newfoundland & Labrador
Miners here used to work in shafts under the sea at the world's largest submarine iron mine. Conditions were grim: the museum tells tales of adolescents…
Western Newfoundland
Located a short distance west of town, the long shore is backed by grassy dunes, which are breeding grounds for the endangered piping plover. The Grand…
Gros Morne National Park
The gentle, safe, sand-duned beach at Shallow Bay seems out of place, as if transported from the Caribbean by some bizarre current. The water, though,…
Newfoundland & Labrador
Located near the eastern edge of Fogo Island, the Squish Studio is a beautiful geometric oddity, as if MC Escher summoned something from his imagination…
Labrador
In the same building as the visitor center is Gateway Labrador and its Montague Exhibit Hall, where 3500 years of human history and culture, including the…
Newfoundland & Labrador
Lonely, wind-battered and caked in salt, Salvage is both a fishing village and a photographer's dream, cut through by several well-marked walking trails…
Newfoundland & Labrador
Though not nearly as dramatic as Gros Morne to the west, Terra Nova does offer moose, bears, beavers and bald eagles, as well as relaxed hiking, paddling,…
Newfoundland & Labrador
Visit the grounds that produce Moose Joose (blueberry-partridgeberry), Funky Puffin (blueberry-rhubarb) and other fruity flavors using iceberg water and…
Newfoundland & Labrador
This small attraction is perfect for kids, who will love the touch tanks filled with sea life. Animals are re-released into the ocean at season's end. The…
Newfoundland & Labrador
A short walking trail extends from this parking area to a cliff where you can see puffins poking their cute heads out of their cute hidey-holes before…
