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ELLISTON: ROOT CELLARS & PUFFINS
The Root Cellar Capital of the World, aka Elliston, lies 6km south of Bonavista on
Rte 238. The teeny town was struggling until it hit upon the idea to market its 135
subterranean veggie storage vaults, and then presto - visitors came a knockin'. Ac-
tually, what's most impressive is the
puffin colony
just offshore and swarming with
thousands of chubby-cheeked, orange-billed birds from mid-May to mid-August. A
quick and easy path over the cliffside brings you quite close to them and also
provides whale and iceberg views.
town, and the kindly folks will give you directions to the site along with a map of the
cellars (which you're welcome to peek inside).
Work up an appetite while you're here, because
Nanny's Root Cellar Kitchen
(
709-468-7998; 8am-10pm)
in historic Orange Hall cooks a mighty fine lobster, Jiggs
dinner and other traditional foods, plus she's licensed.
September. The province's top chefs serve dishes alfresco along a 5km shoreline
hiking route.
From the adjoining hamlet of
Maberly
a gorgeous 17km
coastal hiking trail
winds
over the landscape to Little Catalina.
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Bonavista
POP 3700
'O buona vista!' (Oh, happy sight!), shouted John Cabot upon spying the New World
from his boat on June 24, 1497. Or so the story goes. From all descriptions, this pretty
spot is where he first set foot in the Americas. Today Bonavista's shoreline, with its
lighthouse, puffins and chasms, continues to rouse visitors.
Sights
Cape Bonavista Lighthouse
LIGHTHOUSE
( 709-468-7444;
www.seethesites.ca
; Rte 230; adult/child $6/3; 9:30am-5pm May-Oct)
Cape Bonavista Lighthouse is a brilliant red-and-white-striped lighthouse dating from
1843. The interior has been restored to the 1870s and is now a provincial historic site. A
puffin colony
lives just offshore; the birds put on quite a show around sunset.
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