Discover the Heritage of the Baccalieu Trail

Explore the rich heritage and history of the Baccalieu Trail

The pages contained within this site will give you an introduction to the specific history and rich heritage of the Baccalieu Trail. Use the above links or the "site map" page to view pages created on the tourism, archaeology, heritage attractions, etc along the Baccalieu Trail. View the "communities" page to view extensive history and heritage information about the individual communities or view the many pictures of the heritage structures located in each community. (Most pre-dating the 1920's)

The historic Baccalieu Trail begins at the junctions of Highway #70 and the Trans Canada, and continues on a 200km loop around the Bay de Verde Peninsula back to the Trans Canada at Whitbourne. The region boasts a rich, colourful heritage, from the very oldest communities in Newfoundland to dramatic vistas and coastlines to Baccalieu Island, a world-class bird colony.

The first leg of the Trail encompasses numerous old towns and outports, many dating from the early 1600's. A monument in Cupids commemorates the founding of Newfoundlander's first official English colony in 1610 by John Guy.

During the 17th, 18th and early 19th Centuries, the numerous bays along Conception Bay North were filled with fishing vessels and crews from several European countries, as is evidenced by the French, English, Portuguese, and Spanish placenames along the way. Gradually, over this period English and Irish settlers or "planters" occupied virtually every inhabitable stretch of coastline.

To get a better picture of exactly where the communities are located along the Baccalieu Trail just click anywhere on this map to view the
same image as a full page.

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To learn in-depth information about the individual communities or to view the pictures of the heritage structures located within a particular community please click the communities link and then select the community name from the list.

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In North America you can access us via Toronto, Montreal, Halifax, Boston, or Newark. For Europeans there are regular Air Canada flights from London to
St. John's. There are also Air Canada flights from London to Halifax.

This page would not have been possible without the assistance of Canada's Digital Collections.

We hope you find this web-site we have created on the Heritage of the Baccalieu Trail to be educational ,entertaining, and informative. Thanks for visiting!

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