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Sailing to Newfoundland
The 'MV Blue Puttees'
docked in Port aux Basques harbour in winter.
During the summer months, ferries cross
between Nova Scotia and Newfoundland 2 or 3
times a day, depending on the schedule.
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Arriving in
Western Newfoundland
The
'MV
Blue Puttees' and the 'MV Highlanders' are
among the largest ice-breaking passenger
ferries in the world. And they dock right
here in Port aux Basques. It's quite a sight
to watch the stream of vehicle traffic that
disembarks from them each day.
Read more here.
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Trans-Canada
Highway
The Trans-Canada
Highway at Channel-Port aux Basques. The
ferry and bus terminal are just around the
corner, 2 kilometres away.
The wonderful St.
Andrews
Na Creige golf course is just a few
miles north of Port aux Basques at St.
Andrews.
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Our Region
Swept
by
familiar winds, a transit point for more
than 500,000 people per year, and a good
place to live: learn more about Port aux
Basques and southwestern Newfoundland.
Read more about Channel - Port aux
Basques.
Read more about our area.
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Gros Morne National Park
That's the Gulf of
St. Lawrence in the background. You can hike
to the top of Gros Morne Mountain, but
'check in' with Park Headquarters in Rocky
Harbour first, just in case the fog comes in
and you get lost. Happens once in a while.
You'll find some interesting facts about
Newfoundland
here.
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L'Anse aux Meadows
National Historic Site
Viking knorrs approach L'Anse aux
Meadows in 2000.
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View
of St. John's Harbour (click
image)
Fishing
boats
at Long Point, Port aux Port Peninsula (click image)
A knorr
bowspit headmast
The
Hermitage: St. Mary's Place of Solitude
and Prayer
In the Codroy Valley of southwestern
Newfoundland.
Bookmarks
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Newfoundland
Historic
Port
Union
Grenfell
Properties,
St. Anthony
Mary
March
Museum (Grand Falls-Windsor)
Terra
Nova
National
Park
of Canada
The Rooms:
Museum, Art Gallery, Archives
Signal
Hill
National Historic Site of Canada
The
Colony
of Avalon
Memorial
University
Government
House
The
Official Anthem of Newfoundland and Labrador
The
Ode
to Newfoundland
Read about the torpedoeing and
sinking of the S.S. Caribou on October
14, 1942
The
Last
Voyage of the S.S. Caribou
And learn
about the fascinating story of:
The
Last
Voyage of His Majesty's Transport
Phyllis (1795)
The
online book The Myth and Mystery of John
Cabot can be found at this link:
The
Myth
and Mystery of John Cabot
Take a look, and
read about, the first regular ferry to sail
between Port aux Basques and North Sydney:
The
S.S.
Bruce, 1897-1911
One
cord
of dried birch has the same heating value
as approximately 110 gallons (500 litres)
of furnace oil.
The
Trans-Canada
Highway in Newfoundland
Archival
Moments
Selections from archives in Newfoundland and
Labrador
Starchamber
Rules
for Newfoundland (1633)
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