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Inukshuks in Red Bay

8/3/2016

 
Next morning we took the ferry to Labrador. The ferry sails to Blanc Sablon, which is just on the Quebec side of the border with Labrador. Only about 120 kilometres of road on the mainland there is paved - about 50 kilometres into Quebec, and just over 60 kilometres into Labrador. The paved road ends in Red Bay, then a gravel road continues hundreds of kilometres further north to Goose Bay and Labrador City.

When we arrived on the mainland, it was very foggy. We started to drive into Quebec, but the fog was so thick that we couldn't see anything. So we turned around and headed into Labrador instead. The fog was lighter, and the sun was fighting to get through in each small town. We soon ended up in Red Bay, at the end of the paved road. Red Bay is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, former site of several Basque whaling stations dating from the 16th century. Now it's a quiet fishing village. 

​There were some iceberg remnants grounded out in the bay....
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There was a grouping of small Inukshuks outside one of the Visitor Centres, which I
​thought would make a great setting for some doll photos. So, out they came...
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Jane
8/3/2016 05:40:10 pm

Gosh! Hardly any paved road!!! This was quite an adventure then!
And what fabulous photos.....I had to go to Wikipedia to find out what an Inukshuk was. I do like learning while playing with dolls! Thank you.

Martha
8/3/2016 07:23:47 pm

The road from The ferry to Red Bay is completely paved, as is the 50 or so kilometres into Quebec. It's interesting though that the roads in the two provinces are so completely different. The road in Labrador is in terrible shape, and really needs to be repaved. Part of the problem is 'all' the transport trucks that use the gravel road up into the far north. The road through the coastal villages in Labrador was never designed for that kind of traffic.

The road into Quebec was in much better shape, and the road went through much starker landscapes. But then, it's a dead end road without the truck traffic.

Jane
8/4/2016 02:27:58 am

Thank you!
I am going to find out more about this part of the world tonight when I have a little more free time. I find I am extremely ignorant about Labrador and Quebec *blush*


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