Thursday, cloudy, cold, and breezy in Pinware Provincial Park, Labrador.
After breakfast and showers, we headed East toward Red Bay an early Bosque whaling harbor.
The Bosques whaled and fished in the 16th and early 17th centuries. Archeological work started in the 1970s. Original documents about the whaling was found in Bosque and Spanish archives. A variety of ships were discovered in the bays and adjoining waters. Physical evidence was also found on the land around the bays.
The Red Bay National Historic Site Interpretive Center presents an amazing amount of information from that research about the whaling expeditions and processes, the ships, and the whalers lives and even their deaths. In 1982 a burial ground was discovered with the remains of more than 140 men and boys.
Inukshuk, pronounced in-ook-shook, is Inuit for “in the image of man.” The purpose of the Inuksuit (plural) was to act as signposts to indicate the best and safest passageway across desolate and treeless tundra.
Like many communities in Newfoundland and Labrador, Red Bay has an extensive trail with stairs and lookouts.
Along the way are informative signs.
And more views of icebergs!
We then headed back South into Quebec and found a nice picnic area on the beach at Lourdes des Blanc-Sablon for the night.
