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,…
Must-see attractions in Newfoundland & Labrador
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…
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…
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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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…
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…
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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…
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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…
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Anglican Cathedral of St John the Baptist
St John's
Serving Canada's oldest parish (1699), this Anglican cathedral is one of the finest examples of ecclesiastical Gothic architecture in North America…
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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…
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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…
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Basilica of St John the Baptist
St John's
Built in 1855, the soaring twin spires of the basilica pierce the sky and are visible all the way from Signal Hill. Its design marks the revival of…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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Smallwood Interpretation Centre
Newfoundland & Labrador
Joseph 'Joey' Smallwood, the first premier of Newfoundland & Labrador, remains the most transformative figure in Canadian provincial politics. Indeed, the…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Newfoundland & Labrador
Located within Dark Tickle and Cafe Nymphe, you'll find this small exhibition on the history of Newfoundland's Petit Nord – the migratory French fishery…
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Newfoundland & Labrador
Right out of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, this university center examines the salmon life cycle, seal navigation, ocean currents and life in cold oceanic…
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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…
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Newfoundland & Labrador
This is an exceptionally well-executed small museum, full of historical artifacts and cool interpretive exhibits, including a recreated school house,…
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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'…
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Newfoundland & Labrador
The largest of Conception Bay's little landmasses makes an interesting day trip from St John's. It was the only place on the continent hit by German…
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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…
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Newfoundland & Labrador
Little community museums are common across Newfoundland, and this one feels like a standard example of the genre – it's stuffed with old photos, clothes,…
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Edge of Avalon Interpretive Centre
Newfoundland & Labrador
Part of the Mistaken Point Ecological Reserve, the center offers information and exhibits on the history of the reserve, fossil science and the unique…
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Newfoundland & Labrador
Capt Robert Bartlett made more than 20 Arctic expeditions, and in 1909 cleared a trail in the ice that enabled US commander Robert Peary to make his…
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Newfoundland & Labrador
Admission to the Grenfell Historic Properties includes Grenfell's beautiful mansion, now the Grenfell Museum. It's behind the hospital, about a five…
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Newfoundland & Labrador
This little museum has a whale skeleton and exhibits on the ongoing Dorset Eskimo archaeological dig on Dildo Island. It's not terribly exciting, but…
