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 about to fall off the face of the Earth. The loneliness is underlined by a memorial to the Acadians – French Canadians who were expelled from the region after the British conquest of Canada – and their exile.
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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…
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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…