Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Main Visitor Centre
( 709-458-2066; Rte 430, near Rocky Harbour; 8am-8pm May-Oct)
As well as issuing day and backcountry permits, it has maps, books, Viking Trail mat-
erials and an impressive interpretive area.
Park Entrance Kiosk
(Rte 430; 10am-6pm May-Oct)
Near Wiltondale.
Rocky Harbour
(
www.rockyharbour.ca
)
Western Newfoundland Tourism
(
www.gowesternnewfoundland.com
)
Getting There & Around
Deer Lake Airport is 71km south of Rocky Harbour. There are shuttle bus services to
Rocky Harbour, Woody Point and Trout River; see Corner Brook for details (
Click here
)
.
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Port au Choix
Port au Choix, dangling on a stark peninsula 13km off the Viking Trail, houses a large
fishing fleet, quirky museum and a worthy archaeological site that delves into ancient
burial grounds.
Sights
Port au Choix National
Historic Site
HISTORIC SITE
( 709-861-3522;
www.pc.gc.ca/portauchoix
; Point Riche Rd; adult/child $3.90/1.90;
9am-6pm Jun-Sep)
The Port au Choix National Historic Site sits on ancient burial grounds
of three different Aboriginal groups, dating back 5500 years. The modern visitors center
tells of these groups' creative survival in the area and of one group's unexplained disap-
pearance 3200 years ago. Several good trails around the park let you explore further.
Phillip's Garden
, a site with vestiges of Paleo-Eskimo houses, is a highlight. Two
trails will take you there. One is the
Phillip's Garden Coastal Trail
(4km), which leaves
from Phillip Dr at the end of town. From here you hopscotch your way over the jigsaw of
skeletal rock to the site 1km away.
If you continue, it's another 3km to the
Point Riche Lighthouse
(1871). It's also ac-
cessible via the visitors center road.
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