Gander and Twillingate
Back onto the TransCanada Highway, this time travelling west towards Port-aux-Basques and the ferry to Sydney, Nova Scotia on our way home. Since the weather was changing to rain in the next day or so we did not go to see Trinity Bay or Bonavista, but headed to Gander, and north to Twillingate on the road to the isles.
Gander is well known for it's airport, with history back to WWII and more recently as a safe haven for many commercial flights after 9/11. The welcome sign says it all, plus a moose statue, which is the closest we got to the real thing. Gander also has an Aviation Museum which was interesting to visit.
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| Welcome sign for Gander |
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| Moose statue |
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| Entrance to the Aviation Museum in Gander |
Twillingate is basically an island joined to the mainland by several causeways. It is known for whale watching and a good place to see Icebergs in Iceberg Alley. We were too late to see either but it is very picturesque, with cliffs and viewing platforms at Long Point Lighthouse at Crow Head, a large harbour for fishing boats etc. There was a spectacular sunset over the islands the one evening we were there.
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| cliffs at Long Point from viewing platform |
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| Fishing Boat leaving Harbour |
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| Sunset |
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| View of part of Twillingate from a high rock |
In the small harbour there were several fishing huts and small boats.
Another interesting spot was the Auk winery. They make wine out of local berries such as partridge berries (lingon berries) , bake apples (cloud berries), blueberries, crowberries, stawberries, raspberries and rhubarb etc. They have some neat names for their wines - Moose Joose is a blueberry, partidgeberry combination. We missed the wine soft ice cream, they stop selling it at the end of August.
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| Entrance to Auk Winery |
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| Moose Joose |
From Twillingate, we got back onto the Trans Canada Highway and headed for the ferry at Port-aux-Basques, and the end of our adventure to Newfoundland and Labrador. By the time we got home, we had travelled approximately 9,000 km.
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| Map of Newfoundland and Labrador |
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