Must-see attractions in Newfoundland & Labrador

  • Mistaken Point, Newfoundland Canada in summer; Shutterstock ID 1709187862; full: 65050; gl: 65050; netsuite: poi; your: Barbara Di Castro
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    Mistaken Point Ecological Reserve

    Newfoundland & Labrador

    Designated a World Heritage site in 2016, this ecological reserve protects 575-million-year-old multicelled marine fossils – the oldest in the world. The…

  • Torngat Mountains National Park in Newfoundland, Canada

    Torngat Mountains National Park

    Labrador

    Named from the Inuktitut word torngait (place of spirits), this national park is the ancestral home of Inuit and their predecessors. Its spectacular…

  • The Tablelands in Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland; Shutterstock ID 104994617; purchase_order: 65050; job: ; client: ; other:
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    Gros Morne National Park

    Newfoundland & Labrador

    A must-see for visitors to Newfoundland, this 1800-sq km coastal park and Unesco World Heritage Site features dramatic mountains, fjords, beaches, bogs…

  • Signal Hill National Historic Site

    St John's

    The city's most famous landmark is worth it for the glorious view alone, though there's much more to see. The tiny castle atop the hill is Cabot Tower,…

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    L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site

    Newfoundland & Labrador

    Leif Erikson and his Viking friends lived here circa 1000. Visitors can see the remains of their waterside settlement: eight wood-and-sod buildings, now…

  • French Shore Interpretation Centre

    Newfoundland & Labrador

    This tiny museum houses the French Shore Tapestry, one of the most stunning works of folk art in the province, if not all of Canada. This 66m-long…

  • The Rooms

    St John's

    Not many museums offer the chance to see a giant squid, hear avant-garde sound sculptures and peruse ancient weaponry all under one roof. But that's The…

  • Cape Spear Lighthouse

    Newfoundland & Labrador

    Constructed in 1835, the oldest surviving lighthouse in the province sits on the dramatic headlands of the continent's most easterly point. The wind here…

  • Prime Berth Fishing Museum

    Newfoundland & Labrador

    Run by an engaging fisher, this private museum, with its imaginative and deceptively simple concepts (a cod-splitting show!), is brilliant, and fun for…

  • The Tablelands in Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland; Shutterstock ID 104994617; purchase_order: 65050; job: ; client: ; other:
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    Tablelands

    Gros Morne National Park

    Dominating the southwest corner of the park, near Trout River, are the unconquerable and eerie Tablelands. This huge flat-topped massif was part of the…

  • Witless Bay Ecological Reserve, Newfoundland, Canada. 20 June 2015. Common Murre at nesting colony. Uria aalge; Shutterstock ID 1882438741; full: 65050; gl: 65050; netsuite: POI; your: Erin Lenczycki
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    Witless Bay Ecological Reserve

    Newfoundland & Labrador

    Consisting of four islands in Witless Bay, this reserve is North America's largest Atlantic puffin colony, with more than 260,000 pairs nesting here…

  • Quidi Vidi

    St John's

    Over Signal Hill, away from town, is the tiny picturesque village of Quidi Vidi. Check out the 18th-century battery and the lakeside regatta museum, but…

  • Colony of Avalon, Ferryland Archaeological Excavations, Newfoundland.

    Colony of Avalon

    Newfoundland & Labrador

    The seaside surrounds of the Colony of Avalon archaeological site only add to the rich historical atmosphere that permeates Ferryland. Join a tour and you…

  • Port au Choix National Historic Site

    Newfoundland & Labrador

    This site is dedicated to the ancient burial grounds of three different Indigenous groups that date back 5500 years. The modern visitors center tells of…

  • CA Pippy Park

    St John's

    The feature-filled 13-sq-km CA Pippy Park coats downtown's northwestern edge. Recreational facilities include walking trails, picnic areas, playgrounds, a…

  • La Manche Provincial Park

    Newfoundland & Labrador

    Diverse birdlife, along with beaver, moose and snowshoe hare, can be seen in this lush park only 53km south of St John's. A highlight is the 1.25km trail…

  • Miquelon & Langlade

    St-Pierre & Miquelon

    The island of Miquelon is less visited and far less developed than St-Pierre. The village of Miquelon, centered on the church, is at the northern tip of…

  • Fishing Point Park

    Newfoundland & Labrador

    The main road through town ends at Fishing Point Park, where a lighthouse and towering headland cliffs overlook the sea. The Iceberg Alley Trail and Whale…

  • Île aux Marins

    St-Pierre & Miquelon

    The magical Île aux Marins ('Sailor Island'; often translated as 'Pioneer Island') is a beautiful abandoned village on an island out in the St-Pierre…

  • Red Bay National Historic Site

    Labrador

    In the mid-16th century, Basque whalers came to the Strait of Belle Isle to hunt large numbers of right and bowhead whales and harvest their oil to light…

  • Brigus Tunnel

    Newfoundland & Labrador

    Back in its heyday as a busy port, Capt Abram Bartlett needed a new deepwater berth. Brigus was ideal, but the surrounding cliffs made docking tricky. His…

  • St Vincent’s Beach

    Newfoundland & Labrador

    The stony beach at St Vincent's is raw even by Newfoundland standards. It's also a brilliant spot to engage in a bit of whale-watching (your best bet is…

  • Whale Point

    Newfoundland & Labrador

    Phew, that view. This windswept hill overlooks the cold ocean, drifting icebergs and breaching whales. It's located at the end of the road in the 'town'…

  • Cape St Mary's Ecological Reserve

    Newfoundland & Labrador

    This major seabird colony hosts breeding-season populations of tens of thousands of northern gannet, black-legged kittiwake and common murre. Viewing is…

  • Bonne Bay Marine Station

    Gros Morne National Park

    At the wharf in Norris Point is this small research facility, which is part of Memorial University. Every half-hour there are interactive tours, and the…

  • Harbour Grace Airfield

    Newfoundland & Labrador

    This is the airstrip Amelia Earhart launched from in 1932 when she became the first woman to cross the Atlantic solo. In fact, it may have been the first…

  • Long Point Lighthouse

    Newfoundland & Labrador

    Long Point provides dramatic views of the coastal cliffs. Travel up the winding steps, worn from lighthouse-keepers' footsteps since 1876, and gawk at the…

  • Newfoundland Pony Sanctuary

    Newfoundland & Labrador

    This humble stable maintains the world's largest herd of endangered Newfoundland ponies. The small creatures are renowned as hardy workers (especially in…

  • Bird Rock

    Newfoundland & Labrador

    Reach this viewpoint via an easy footpath through fields of sheep and blue irises; suddenly you're at the cliff's edge facing a massive, near-vertical…

  • Johnson Geo Centre

    St John's

    Nowhere in the world can geo-history, going back to the birth of the earth, be accessed so easily as in Newfoundland. The Geo Centre does a grand job of…

  • Lobster Cove Head Lighthouse

    Gros Morne National Park

    Overlooking the Gulf of St Lawrence, this lighthouse is picturesque enough to grace the cover of a nautically inclined calendar. Inside you'll find parks…

  • Fluvarium

    St John's

    The Fluvarium, a glass-sided cross-section of a 'living' river, is located across the street from the campground at CA Pippy Park. Viewers can peer…

  • Avalon Wilderness Reserve

    Newfoundland & Labrador

    Dominating the interior of the region is the 1070-sq-km Avalon Wilderness Reserve. Illegal hunting dropped the region's caribou population to around 100…

  • Beothuk Interpretation Centre

    Newfoundland & Labrador

    Newfoundland's indigenous population remains a mystery to historians, as the last individuals died in the early 19th century. The rest of the Beothuk – a…

  • Isles Wooden Boat Museum

    Newfoundland & Labrador

    Wooden boats were once as common as cod in Newfoundland, but these classic craft have since been largely replaced by fiberglass vessels. This museum,…

  • Sealers Interpretation Centre

    Newfoundland & Labrador

    This small museum began as a memorial to the men who died during the Great Sealing Disaster of 1914, which claimed 250 lives, some via shipwreck, others…

  • Grenfell Interpretation Centre

    Newfoundland & Labrador

    A number of local sites pertaining to pioneering doctor Sir Wilfred Grenfell are subsumed under Grenfell Historic Properties. The Grenfell Interpretation…

  • Cape Spear National Historic Site

    Newfoundland & Labrador

    In a stunning windswept setting, this site includes an interpretive center, a refurbished 1835 lighthouse and the heavy gun batteries and magazines built…

  • Norstead

    Newfoundland & Labrador

    Can't get enough of the long-bearded Viking lifestyle? Stop by Norstead, just beyond the turnoff to the national historic site. This recreated Viking…