Avalon Peninsula
Around Avalon Peninsula
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Avalon Peninsula
“The Avalon”
Where the Atlantic meets ancient rock
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Welcome to the Avalon Peninsula! Whether you're from the bay or just visiting, you'll find a warm welcome in our outports. Come for the rugged coastline and stay for the kitchen parties.
Clubs for Avalon Peninsula
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The room
One room for everyone around Avalon Peninsula. It never closes; when it's busy it splits into tables. Once you're in, you stay until you leave.
Ask the neighbours
AllA good plumber, the best tacos, a lost cat: nobody has asked yet. Be the first.
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Marketplace
Things for sale, free and wanted, and rooms for rent, from people around Avalon Peninsula. Sign in to sell something.
Things to do
- Castle Hill National Historic Site 18th-century French fort overlooking Placentia Bay.
- Cupids Cove Plantation Provincial Historic Site First English settlement in Canada, founded in 1610.
- Bell Island (Wabana) Historic iron ore mining town with underground mine tours.
- Cape St. Mary's Ecological Reserve Dramatic seabird cliffs with thousands of gannets.
- Harbour Grace Court House 19th-century courthouse now a museum.
- The Baccalieu Trail Scenic drive through the peninsula's outports.
- Outdoors hiking the East Coast Trail
- Outdoors whale watching
- With kids Take an underground tour of the Bell Island iron ore mines
- With kids Explore Cupids Cove Plantation
- Evenings live music at local pubs
- Evenings kitchen parties
- Locals love fishing wharves
- Locals love community halls
Through the year
- Harbour Grace Days summer Summer festival with parades, live music, and family activities.
- Carbonear Days summer Community celebration with food vendors, games, and entertainment.
- Placentia Bay Days summer Weekend of boat tours, seafood boils, and local crafts.
- Bell Island Community Days summer Mine tours, family picnic, and local music.
Cool maritime climate with fog, mild winters and short summers. Best time to be out is July-August. Best: July and August offer the warmest, most settled weather.
Talk like a local
- “b'y”
- friend or mate
- “whadda ya at?”
- how are you? / what's up?
- “outport”
- a remote fishing village
- “mudder”
- mother
Getaways
- St. John's City life, Signal Hill, and George Street pubs.
- Clarenville–Bonavista Historic Trinity, hiking trails, and scenic drives.
- Burin Peninsula Rugged coastline, small outports, and the French Shore.
- Gander Aviation history and the North Atlantic Aviation Museum.
Local flavour
Rooting for Newfoundland Growlers (ECHL), Memorial University Sea-Hawks (U Sports)
Eat and drink
- Jiggs dinner Salt beef, cabbage, potatoes, and pease pudding
- Fish and brewis Salt cod with hard bread and scrunchions
- Toutons Fried bread dough, often with molasses
- Cod tongues A traditional seafood dish
- Bakeapple pie Made from cloudberries
- Screech rum A local dark rum
Where people go
- Outport fishing villages Tightly clustered houses around protected harbours
- Fishing stages and wharves Wooden structures where cod is processed and boats are moored
- Lighthouses Beacons on rocky points, like Cape St. Mary's and Baccalieu Island
- Peat barrens Open, boggy landscapes with low shrubs and bakeapple plants
- Sea cliffs and rugged coastline Dramatic drops into the Atlantic
- Historic churches and cemeteries Stone and wooden churches reflecting Irish and English roots
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Nearby
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Rural Division No. 1, NL. Areas from the US Census Bureau and Statistics Canada; places from GeoNames. Local flavour was written with a model and may have mistakes. Team names identify teams; no endorsement.