August 10, 2014 Red Bay, Labrador

Our second day in Labrador, the weather was a bit better.  We drove 50 miles to Red Bay, where the paved road ends.  Red Bay was a whaling town, as were most of the villages and towns here.  At Red Bay, we took a water taxi over to Saddle Island and walked a trail around one end, where early whaling ships brought their kills and turned them into whale oil for delivery back to Europe.

We also stopped at Pinware Provincial Park for a look-see, and it was lovely!  Plus we stopped to see the child's grave from 7500 years ago.

Most of the villages dotted along the Labrador coast are named L'anse au (somthing);  french for "Cove of".  Most are pretty self-explanatory.  We were camped at L'anse au Clair (Clear Cove).  This is Wolf Cove.

The year 2014 is the "Come Home Year" around here.

Whale fin bones.

Bubba and his whaler buddy.

Pinware River heading for the Straits of Belle Isle. 

Yum!  (no, I don't know the name of them, but they were good!)

The Bernier, wrecked in 1966 on the shore of Saddle Island.

Saddle Island visitor center. 

Our new friends, Andre' and France Cote'.
They were camped beside us at L'anse au Clair and we ran into them here at Red Bay.