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6 Things to do in Red Bay That You Shouldn't Miss
Discover the best top things to do in Red Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador including Tracey Hill Trail, Red Bay National Historic Site, Right Whale Exhibit Museum, Boney Shore Trail, Gull island charter, Saddle Island Walking Path.
1. Tracey Hill Trail
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5.0 based on 8 reviews
2. Red Bay National Historic Site
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4.5 based on 115 reviews
Reviewed By JeanneJ739
Modern small two floor museum has artifacts and well laid out information about the Basque whalers who spent summers here in the 1590s. It depicts their lives on ship, hunting whales and rendering the fat into oil. They brought pieces of wood ready to fit together into barrels to ship the oil back to Europe in the fall. Much of the information comes from study of one wrecked ship found in the bay in 1978. After that excavations on the island found rendering sites, burial sites and other evidence of their lives. Staff are available to answer questions but there is mo guided tour. A 10 minute boat ride takes you to Saddle Island in the bay where sites are marked and when we were there on a chilly rainy day a parks ranger was out in the trail to answer questions. Flowers were blooming and gulls were in their nesting grounds. It is not an accessible adventure as you need to climb down into the boat and out again. The trail is mostly gravel and boardwalk with wooden steps up and down. We spent about an hour in tge museum and another hour walking around the island. There are restrooms and a gift shop in the museum, but no facilities in the island.
3. Right Whale Exhibit Museum
4. Boney Shore Trail
5. Gull island charter
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5.0 based on 1 reviews
