Hi there,
Have you ever heard of the foggy Cape Shore?
Many fishing boats has been lost along this coastline.
This island of Newfoundland has been inhabited continuously by western European cultures for over 500 years now.
The Cape Shore is the farthest most southern tip of Newfoundland,
here is where warm wet southern air mixes with the colder drier air from the north,
it's usually foggy, it was when we arrived and cleared up while we were taking our tour inside the centre, not too often we get sunny days in Newfoundland.
Unfortunately I was only able to get a few picks online so I hope you get a pretty good idea of what it looks like there. :)
Here's an official link.
Here's a little bit about the area:
Cape St. Mary's Lighthouse http://members.aol.com/homesaway/pharos/LHnfld.htm
The old garrison town of Plaisance (later Placentia) was located on the south coast of the Avalon Peninsula. Commander D'Ibberville pressed his attacks up and down the English Shore from this base in the late 1600's. In 1858, Cape St. Mary's lighthouse was built nearby to mark the entrance of St. Mary's and Placentia Bays. Just twenty minutes walk along the cliffs from the lighthouse, will treat the visitor to one of Eastern Canada's largest seabird sancturaries. In mid summer, there are more than 50,000 gannets, kittiwakes and murres nesting on the 200 foot cliffs of Cape St. Mary's.
This is a picture of the museum and the light house way in the back.
This is Bird Rock.
And this is looking southeast, I guess the direction would be looking towards Africa. :)
Cheers,
Ally
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