On September 4 we arrived in Corner Brook. I think we were all happy to be getting off the ship. We had booked a tour that was the highlights of the town as well as seeing the Bay of Islands.
We were on a tour bus, with about 35 other people.
Corner Brook is the second largest city on the island of Newfoundland, with a population of approximately 30,000. We were on the most westerly part of the island, with St. John’s being the most easterly city and the largest as well. Corner Brook is at the mouth of the Humber River. It’s main industry is pulp, paper and board lumber. Because of automation the factory employees only 2,000 down from 10,000. It was a planned community and was established because of the deep water port.
There are many lakes and ponds, left over from the last glacial period. There is a large National Park about 2 hours from this city, Gros Morne. It is the second largest in the Atlantic Canada area. Because of the very good salmon fishing in the area there are five 5 ⭐️ hotels.
Our first stop was at the Captain Cook Monument. He explored here and mapped the island with great accuracy. He did 3 Pacific explorations and circumnavigated the globe twice.
On our journey we saw Frenchman’s Cove, Blow Me Down mountain, Bottle Bay and Lark Harbor. In the winter the bays freeze and the locals have activities out on them.
We stopped at a church for coffee and refreshments. We tasted goodies that had cloudberries and blueberries. We are in the height of berry season. Unfortunately the trees have not started to change color. We were told that this is quite a beautiful place to see the fall colors.
Unfortunately we had rain almost the entire time we toured, and rain most of the afternoon after we returned to the ship.
These are photos of us leaving.
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