Part 5 The road to Labrador City was a bit narrower than the newer constructed section we had been travelling on but the surface was still in good condition. About an hour before Labrador City another black spot materialised on the road up ahead and yes it turned out to be another black bear skedaddling off the road as we approached. Good photo opportunities are hard to achieve with animals so obviously frightened of human contact under these terms. Labrador ...

Part 4 The ferry to Labrador actually docks at Blanc-Sablon in the Province of Quebec. It is then a short drive eastward to the Province of Labrador. Our first stop in Labrador was at the L'Anse Amour Burial National Historic Site. About 7,500 years ago an Indian youth was buried with reverence and ceremony at this site. The body was wrapped and placed face down with the head facing the west. Ornaments and some spear heads were placed next to the head. The ar...

Part 3 From Corner Brook we headed up the Northern Peninsular through the Grose Morne National Park and toward L'Anse aux Meadows. We were told that there were approximately 5 moose for every man woman and child in Newfoundland but at this stage we had only seen a few. Moose are not indigenous to Newfoundland. There were 4 introduced in 1904 and this has lead to the estimated 150,000 that roam the country side today. With a human population of approximately 52...

Part 2 On the way to St John's we visited the Samonid Interpretive Centre at Grand Falls-Windsor. Newfoundland is very much wild Atlantic salmon river country. I expect all the rivers that have their origin inland support the annual upstream breeding migration of these fish. Therefore, it is not unusual to find fish ladders on those streams where human development (dams & weirs) obstruct their upstream journey. When the migration starts, water is allowed t...

Back to the blogging, this has taken some time to get up for various reasons. But the following is an account of a trip I had from May 9th to May 21st. WOW,what a great two week trip I had. I was very fortunate to get invited on a road trip with good friends Bill and Jeanette Avery. Bill and Jeanette were travelling from Ottawa to Corner Brook, Newfoundland, for their daughter's university graduation. Jeanette was then to fly back to Ottawa from St John's ai...