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inclusive overnight packages. This is a terrific way to see the area, especially if you're
short on time or car-less.
In Forteau, the Overfall Brook Trail (4km) shadows the coast and ends at a 30m wa-
terfall.
Six houses in total comprise the village of L'Anse Amour , but it holds more than its
fair share of sights. L'Anse Amour Burial Mound (L'Anse Amour Rd) , a pile of stones
placed here by the Maritime Archaic Aboriginals, is the oldest burial monument in North
America. A small roadside plaque marks the 7500-year-old site.
On the same road is Point Amour Lighthouse ( 709-927-5825; www.seethesites.ca ;
L'Anse Amour Rd; adult/child $6/3; 9:30am-5pm May-Oct) . It is the tallest lighthouse in At-
lantic Canada, with 127 steps to climb. When you reach the top, you will be rewarded
with a spectacular 360-degree view of the coastline. The lighthouse keeper's house has
exhibits on maritime history. The HMS Raleigh went aground here in 1922 and was des-
troyed in 1926. The Raleigh Trail (2km) takes you by the site and warship fragments on
the beach.
Past L'Anse au Loup is the Battery Trail (4km), which meanders through a stunted
tuckamore forest to the summit of the Battery, unfurling panoramic sea views.
The road veers inland at Pinware, and skirts along the western side of the Pinware
River, until it crosses a one-lane iron bridge, and then runs along the eastern side, high
above the rushing white water. This stretch of the Pinware is renowned for its salmon
fishing . About 10km before reaching Red Bay, the land becomes rocky and barren, ex-
cept for the superfluity of blueberries and bakeapples (and pickers) in August.
Forteau's Grenfell Louie A Hall B&B ( 709-931-2916; www.grenfellbandb.ca ; Willow Ave;
r $75-85; May-Oct) is in the old nursing station where generations of Labrador Straits
folk were born. The five simple rooms (a couple with sea views) share two bathrooms.
The Seaview Restaurant (Rte 510; mains $10-20; 9am-8pm) is nearby in Forteau.
Chow down on the famous fried chicken and tender caribou. A grocery store and jam
factory are also on-site.
Up and over the hills in L'Anse au Loup, Dot's Bakery ( 709-927-5311; Rte 510; break-
fasts $4-6.50, pizzas $23; 7am-11pm Mon-Sat) caters to all your needs with her doughnuts,
pies, breakfast dishes and pizzas.

Red Bay

Spread between two venues, Red Bay National Historic Site (

709-920-2051;

www.pc.gc.ca/redbay ; Rte 510; adult/child/family $7.80/3.90/19.60; 9am-5pm Jun-Sep) -