From the top of the mountain where the site is located, you
can see for quite a distance over Corner Brook and the surrounding countryside. You can clearly see the golf course up on the
hill and the paper mill on the left side.
The paper mill is one of the largest employers in town. The wood logs seen in this view are only a
small portion that is in the wood lot waiting for processing.
Leaving Corner Brook we will make our way along the south
side of the Humber Arm until we reach the Bay of Islands. Before reaching Frenchman’s Cove we have a
view of one of the islands in the bay.
As you can see it is clouding up a little.
With a quick stop in Frenchman’s Cove we get to see some of
the colorful fishing boats that are in port.
Part of the working waterfront includes lobster traps and
motor skiffs. Unfortunately the lobster
season is done for this year or we might have been able to see some in the
tanks.
Leaving Frenchman’s Cove we continue our trek along route
450 and just after York Harbour we find a waterfall in the unlikeliest place,
high up on a mountain. Not sure where
the water is coming from, but it does make for a nice waterfall.
Nearing the end of the ride to Lark Harbour we come to Blow
Me Down Provincial Park. Here the
crescent beach is made up of thin rock instead of sand. Still, it would not matter either way, the
water is too cold.
Speaking of rocks, here is a portion of the “beach”. Some people were looking for sea glass, but I
don’t see any.
On the other side of the beach stands a rock cliff in stark
contrast to the small stones on the beach.
You can just see a portion of the Governor’s Staircase in the cliff
side.
Here’s Carmen getting ready to check out the hidden staircase.
The staircase leads up to the top of the rock cliff. You can see the rock wall overhangs the
stairs which would make a great place to be if it starts raining. Where the stairs go we do not know because we
did not have much time left when we found the staircase.
Our next stop is at Bottle Cove where as you might expect
from the name happens to be a cove with a bottleneck.
The beach here at least has some sand and drift wood
bleached white from the sun and salt air.
Heading back to the bus, I spot this one and only Iris just
popping out of the surrounding grass. It
looked so lonely needless to say I had to take a picture.
At lunchtime we make it into Lark Harbour and stop at
Marlaine’s Tidewater Café and had sandwiches out on the whale watching deck (as
it was called). No whales but the
sandwiches and pastry were good. Looking
from the deck we can just about see the open waters of the Gulf of St.
Lawrence.
Since we can go no further, we begin our return to Corner
Brook. At the end of the road are
several boats out of the water.
On our return we are able to get some pictures that we
missed. Here we can see the hills and
area we just visited with just a little more dark clouds.
Not sure if this is a real working lighthouse, but I thought
it was a good picture with the white building and the dark storm clouds on the
horizon.
