The magnificent Cape St Mary Gannet Colony
We end the day with a visit to the Cape St Mary Ecological Preserve to hike to the famous Gannet Colony where we can still see lots of Northern Gannets both nesting and flying around
Castle Hill NHS, an important French fortress
The last time sensitive stop today is Castle Hill NHS which protects what is left of a major French fortress that protected the Placentia settlement
Cupids Cove, the first English settlement in Canada
We spend an hour exploring an active excavation site at Cupids Cove where the oldest English settlement in Canada was found a few years ago
Exploring the historic Hawthorne Cottage NHS
First stop today is the historic Hawthorne Cottage an NHS site honoring one of Canada’s most famed Arctic explorers