Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
The sights below are roughly in order of how you will come across them as you drive
through Twillingate.
Prime Berth/Twillingate
Fishing Museum MUSEUM
( 709-884-5925; www.primeberth.com ; Walter Elliott Causeway; admission $5, tour $8;
10am-5pm Jul & Aug) Make this your first stop. Run by an engaging fisherman, the private
museum, with its imaginative and deceivingly simple concepts (a cod splitting show!), is
brilliant, and fun for mature scholars and school kids alike. It's the first place you see as
you cross to Twillingate.
Little Harbour WATERFRONT
In Little Harbour, en route to the town of Twillingate, a 5km trail leads past the vestiges
of a resettled community and rock arch to secluded, picturesque Jone's Cove .
Auk Island Winery WINERY
( 709-884-2707; www.aukislandwinery.com ; 29 Durrell St; tastings $3, with tour $5;
9:30am-6:30pm Jul & Aug, reduced hours Sep-Jun) Visit the grounds that produce Moose
Joose (blueberry-partridgeberry), Funky Puffin (blueberry-rhubarb) and other fruity fla-
vors using iceberg water and local berries. There's also ice cream made from iceberg wa-
ter and bicycle rentals (per day $25).
Durrell Museum MUSEUM
( 709-884-2780; Museum St, off Durrell St; adult/child $2/1; 9am-5pm Jun-Sep) Don't neg-
lect to see scenic Durrell and its museum, dwelling atop Old Maid Hill. The polar bear is
a bonus. Bring your lunch; there are a couple of picnic tables and a spectacular view.
Twillingate Museum MUSEUM
( 709-884-2825; www.tmacs.ca ; off Main St; admission by donation; 9am-5pm May-Sep)
Housed in a former Anglican rectory, the museum tells the island's history since the first
British settlers arrived in the mid-1700s. One room delves into the seal hunt and its con-
troversy. There's a historic church next door.
Long Point Lighthouse LIGHTHOUSE
( 709-884-2247; 10am-6pm) Long Point provides dramatic views of the coastal
cliffs. Travel up the winding steps, worn from lighthouse keepers' footsteps since 1876,
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