Tourism in Newfoundland and Labrador

 
Find yourself in Newfoundland and Labrador. This is where you can find Iceberg Alley, where icebergs make their way down from Greenland to the Atlantic Ocean. See the beauty and majesty of their sheer size up close and be awed.
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Whether you are here for the sedate or the pulse-pounding, there's a rhythm for you. Where else can you experience the old world and the new, visit the past, present, and future in the same day?
 
Newfoundland
 
Come to the place where the New World begins. Feel the power of the Atlantic as it meets North America for the first time. It happens right here at Cape Spear. Where Newfoundland's oldest surviving lighthouse has stood for 16 decades.
 
Raise a glass in a place that boasted over 80 pubs before the Americans began their battle for independence. Image courtesy of Canadian Tourism Corp.
 
There are many organized tours offering all kinds of attractions, like hunting and fishing, whale watching and iceberg explorations. Just request a Free Brochure from our travelguide.
 
St John's
Cradled in a harbour carved from granite. Surrounded by hills running down to the ocean. Quaint side streets of a thousand colours St John, won the 2006 "Cultural Capitals of Canada" award in it's population class.
 
Stay at a lovely Bed & Breakfast and get to know the friendly folks in St. John's.
Iceberg Finder 
 
Labrador
 
Over 300,000 square kilometres of unspoiled land. Mountain ranges containing some of the oldest exposed rock on the planet. The Torngat, the Kaumajet, and the Kiglapait mountains feature sheer walls that soar 5,000 breathtaking feet out of the ocean.
 

 

  • The George River Caribou Herd
    One of the largest barren ground caribou herd in the world, 450,000 strong.
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  • Wildlife
    In Labrador wildlife roam in spectacular numbers. There are moose, wolves, lynx, porcupines, and polar bears. Whales, seals, and giant arctic hares.
 
Fishing
Brook Trout tipping the scales at seven and eight pounds. The largest Ouananiche in the world, a 22 pound landlocked salmon, was caught here. Atlantic salmon run upwards of 20,000 fish in some of our rivers.
 
You can see where the Palaeo-Indians lived 9,000 years ago. Visit the 7,500-year-old Maritime Archaic Indian burial site which is the most ancient evidence of a funeral in North America
 
Red Bay
Red Bay is where the Basque whalers, in the early 1500s, rendered whale oil for Europe, establishing the first industry in the new world.
 
Tourism Newfoundland and Labrador