Historic Boat Tour on Bonne Bay
Bonne Bay, Canada
Chart your course for adventure in Bonne Bay at the centre of Gros Morne National Park aboard Blackawton Boat Tours with tours leaving daily from Woody Point and Norris Point. Experience the history of Newfoundland while watching for whales and dolphins with traditional Newfoundland music in the background. Or, if you choose, sit back with a drink and enjoy some live local entertainers while you travel the Bay on an Evening Charter with friends (many of whom you may have just met). The vessel, the Lady Elizabeth I, is a comfortable 40 ft fibreglass Tour Boat that is Transport Canada approved for up to 48 passengers with an upper viewing deck and an enclosed cabin below.
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View the waterfront areas of Woody Point and Norris Point as they were seen by the earliest settlers. See the beauty that the first settlers saw as they first arrived in the area and hear stories about the trials and hardships that they faced as they started their new life in a foreign land far away from their homeland. Learn how the first settlers came to settle where they did and how they adapted to the harsh environment while admiring the beauty that they saw. View Gros Morne Mountain and the Tablelands and discover why this area was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage site. Keep your eyes open for the whales and dolphins that frequent the area while watching the bald eagles hunt for food along the shoreline. The Tour starts in Woody Point goes to Norris Point to pick up more passengers and then proceeds to follow the complete shoreline around the Western Arm of Bonne Bay to view all of the settlements in this area.
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