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Another way to reach Phillip's Garden is the Dorset Trail (8km). It leaves the visitors
center and winds across the barrens past stunted trees, passing a Dorset Paleo-Eskimo
burial cave before finally reaching the site and linking to the Coastal Trail.
Ben's Studio GALLERY
( 709-861-3280; www.bensstudio.ca ; 24 Fisher St; 9am-5pm Mon-Fri Jun-Sep) At the
edge of town is Ben Ploughman's capricious studio of folk art. Pieces like Crucifixion of
the Cod are classic.
Sleeping & Eating
Jeannie's Sunrise B&B B&B $$$
( 877-639-2789, 709-861-2254; www.jeanniessunrisebb.com ; Fisher St; r $79-99; ) Jean-
nie radiates hospitality through her spacious rooms, bright reading nook and demeanor as
sweet as her breakfast muffins. Rooms at the lower end of the price spectrum share a
bathroom.
Anchor Cafe SEAFOOD $$$
( 709-861-3665; Fisher St; mains $12-18; 11am-9pm) You can't miss this place - the front
half is the bow of a boat - and don't, because it has the best meals in town. The luncheon
specials offer good value and the dinner menu has a wide array of seafood.
THE VIKINGS
Christopher Columbus gets the credit for 'discovering' North America, but the Vik-
ings were actually the first Europeans to walk upon the continent. Led by Leif Eriks-
son, they sailed over from Scandinavia and Greenland some 500 years before
Columbus and landed at L'Anse aux Meadows. They settled, constructed houses,
fed themselves and even smelted iron out of the bog to forge nails, attesting to
their ingenuity and fortitude. That it was all accomplished by a group of young-pup
20-somethings is even more impressive.
Norse folklore had mentioned a site called 'Vinland' for centuries. But no one
could ever prove its existence - until 1968, when archaeologists found a small
cloak pin on the ground at L'Anse aux Meadows. Archaeologists now believe the
site was a base camp, and that the Vikings ranged much further along the coast.
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