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Heritage

Places kept for their history: historic sites, museums and old towns.

39 places, A to Z, then 15 loops. Numbers match the map.

Heritage: 39 places, numbered A to Z.Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tiles by OpenFreeMap. Route line computed with OSRM.
  1. Preserved Catalina flying boat on the Botwood waterfront, bay and Killick Island behind.

    1Botwood

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    Photograph: Mike from Vancouver, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0

  2. Brigus town and harbour seen from the hill above, sunny.

    2Brigus

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    Photograph: Grazioso2 · CC BY-SA 4.0

  3. Wider view of the lighthouse up the gravel path with ocean and blue sky.

    3Cape Bonavista Lighthouse

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    Photograph: ErixS · CC BY-SA 3.0

  4. Cape Spear lighthouse, white with a red roof, standing on the bare headland above the Atlantic at the easternmost point of North America.

    4Cape Spear

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    Photograph: Nilfanion · CC BY-SA 3.0

  5. Limestone cliffs, a pebble cove and clear green water at Cape St. George, coastline running off behind.

    5Cape St. George

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    Photograph: Joanna Poe from Munith, MI, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0

  6. Green-topped sea cliffs with the gannet colony, surf below.

    6Cape St. Mary's Ecological Reserve

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    Photograph: Michel Rathwell from Cornwall, Canada · CC BY 2.0

  7. Clarenville's wooded hillside and houses seen from the water, sunny.

    7Clarenville

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    Photograph: Rioux Photography Edmonton, AB · Public domain (PD-user)

  8. 8Comfort Cove-Newstead

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  9. Aerial of Corner Brook in autumn colour along the Humber Arm shore, hills behind, blue sky with cloud.

    9Corner Brook

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    Photograph: ParsonsPhotographyNL · CC BY-SA 4.0

  10. Boulder shore at low tide with Cow Head's houses and the Long Range Mountains on the horizon, bright day.

    10Cow Head

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    Photograph: Mike from Vancouver, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0

  11. Downtown St. John's row houses painted red, green, yellow and blue, climbing a steep street under a blue sky.

    11Downtown St. John's

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    Photograph: Paul · CC BY 2.0

  12. The excavated stone foundations of the 17th-century Colony of Avalon at Ferryland, laid out along the harbour with the village behind.

    12Ferryland

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    Photograph: Nilfanion · CC BY-SA 4.0

  13. Aerial of Fortune: town, harbour and the Saint-Pierre ferry at its wharf.

    13Fortune

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    Photograph: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0

  14. Gander from the air: the town's grid of streets in the forest, the Trans-Canada curving past, and the land running flat to the horizon.

    14Gander

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    Photograph: Shawn from Airdrie, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0

  15. The braided channels and wooded islands of the Exploits River from the air, near Grand Falls-Windsor — the biggest river on the island.

    15Grand Falls-Windsor

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    Photograph: Shhewitt · CC BY-SA 4.0

  16. Lookout view over Greenspond's houses, rocky islands and open sea.

    16Greenspond

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    Photograph: Johnathan Nightingale · CC BY-SA 3.0

  17. Harbour Breton waterfront and hillside houses reflected in the harbour, light snow, overcast.

    17Harbour Breton

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    Photograph: Aiden Mahoney · CC BY-SA 2.0

  18. St. Paul's stone Anglican church, blue sky.

    18Harbour Grace

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    Photograph: Robthepiper · CC BY-SA 3.0

  19. Red-and-white Heart's Content lighthouse on the rocks, overcast.

    19Heart's Content

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    Photograph: Joanna Poe from Munith, MI, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0

  20. 20King's Point

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  21. The recreated Norse sod longhouse behind a palisade, sea and coast behind, blue sky.

    21L'Anse aux Meadows

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    Photograph: D. Gordon E. Robertson · CC BY-SA 3.0

  22. Lewisporte's marina from the air — breakwater, finger docks and sailboats, with the town spread along the shore of Burnt Bay behind.

    22Lewisporte

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    Photograph: Shhewitt · CC BY-SA 4.0

  23. The Edge of Avalon Interpretive Centre at Portugal Cove South, the building visitors check in at before the guided walk to the Mistaken Point fossils.

    23Mistaken Point Interpretation Centre

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    Photograph: Tracyanne · CC BY-SA 4.0

  24. The sand at Lumsden on the Straight Shore — white beach running to the horizon under a big sky, one walker barefoot on it.

    24Musgrave Harbour

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    Photograph: Slickricksweet16 · CC BY-SA 3.0

  25. 25New-Wes-Valley

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  26. 26Pilley's Island ferry terminal

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  27. St. Luke's Anglican Church at Placentia, white clapboard with a steeple, above the town and the harbour.

    27Placentia

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    Photograph: Jeremy Thoms Hetzel · CC BY-SA 3.0

  28. Limestone shore and tidal pools on Ingornachoix Bay at Port au Choix, bright blue-sky day.

    28Port au Choix

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    Photograph: Ryan Hodnett · CC BY-SA 4.0

  29. The rim of Western Brook Pond gorge in Gros Morne National Park — sheer rock walls dropping to dark water far below, the fjord running inland between the plateaus.

    29Rocky Harbour

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    Photograph: FreeDoum · CC BY-SA 4.0

  30. A still pond at Salmonier Nature Park ringed by spruce and low bog vegetation turning red and gold, with the park boardwalk along the far shore.

    30Salmonier Nature Park

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    Photograph: Nikkiband · CC BY-SA 4.0

  31. Salvage harbour in evening sun: church, red stages and houses across the water, longliner and lobster pots in foreground.

    31Salvage

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    Photograph: Maciej · CC BY-SA 2.0

  32. Signal Hill from the air at dusk: Cabot Tower on the summit above the Narrows, the road winding up past the car park, and St. John's harbour and city behind.

    32Signal Hill (Cabot Tower)

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    Photograph: Shhewitt · CC BY-SA 4.0

  33. St. Alban's in winter, the white church of St. Ignatius Parish above the houses, a dark wooded hill behind.

    33St. Alban's

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    Photograph: Clif Budden · CC BY 2.0

  34. Aerial of St. Barbe with the Labrador ferry loading at the terminal wharf.

    34St. Barbe ferry terminal

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    Photograph: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0

  35. Trepassey harbour on the southern Avalon, houses scattered around the water under open barrens.

    35Trepassey

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    Photograph: M.McConnell · CC BY-SA 3.0

  36. Aerial view of Trinity: coloured houses, the Anglican church, harbour and wharf, overcast summer.

    36Trinity

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    Photograph: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0

  37. 37Triton

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  38. The East Coast Trail on the headland at Witless Bay, the path running along the cliff edge above the Atlantic.

    38Witless Bay

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    Photograph: Brett Hodnett · CC BY-SA 2.0

  39. The flat-topped orange rock of the Tablelands rising behind Bonne Bay, with Woody Point's waterfront at its foot.

    39Woody Point

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    Photograph: Adavyd · CC BY-SA 4.0

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