Northern Newfoundland and Southern Labrador are too often overlooked as a tourist destination, but the Viking Trail is worth a trip. Beyond one National Park and three more National historic sites, residents of the Viking Trail know what they've got: A very special place home to dozens of unique cultural, ecological, and geological anomalies.
The Viking Trail has been attracting visitors for thousands of years. This is the road to L'Anse-aux-Meadows where Vikings came ashore in the new world some 1000 years ago. Across the Straits of Belle Isle, the trail skims yellow-sand beaches and winds along mountainsides. Icebergs and whales meet offshore in the icy waters of the north Atlantic off both the island and mainland stretches of the Viking Trail. Moose, caribou, and black bears thrive in the largely undisturbed wilderness.
Rock-lovers will be pleased to hear Newfoundland's nickname, "The Rock", was not given in jest: this part of Canada's most Easterly province boasts an exposed portion of the earth's mantle (The Tablelands in Gros Morne National Park) and... (... more information below the photos)
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Viking Pictures Picture of a viking in the living museum of the Norstead Viking Site on Western Newfoundland. |
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Photo Of A Viking Stock Photo of a Viking at Norstead Viking Site |
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Historical Costumes Stock photo of Historical Costumes at the Norstead Viking Site |
Viking History Women interpreters dressed in Viking costumes gather in a replica of an old viking hut with earthen floors to depict the history of vikings. This room was where woman gathered for sewing, weaving, and spinning as well as for socializing. |
History Of Vikings The Norstead Viking Site situated in L'Anse aux Meadows on the Northern Peninsula of Newfoundland is a replica of a Viking village and port of trade which is set up to depict the history of the vikings who inhabited this region between 790-1066 AD. |
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Newfoundland Iceberg A large iceberg is beached along the coast in St Julien's on the Northern Peninsula of Newfoundland, Canada. |
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Coastal Village A large iceberg beached in front of the Coastal Village of St Julien's in Newfoundland, Canada. |
Pictures Of Newfoundland Stock Pictures of Newfoundland showing an Iceberg and a stage used for storing fishing nets and supplies along the French Shore at St Julien's. |
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Iceberg Of Newfoundland Interesting marks show the erosion of the ocean on an iceberg off the coast of Newfoundland in Canada. |
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