Newfoundland and Labrador: Places to Explore
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Burin
A community built amid intricate cliffs and coves, Burin was an ideal setting for pirates and privateers, who used to lure ships into the rocky, dead-end areas to plunder them. When Captain James Cook was stationed here to chart the coast in the 1760s, one of his duties was to watch from the hill now named Cook's Lookout for smugglers bringing in rum from the island of St-Pierre. Smuggling continues to this day.
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Travel Deals in Newfoundland and Labrador
- $132 & up -- Toronto 4-Star Hotel: Stay 2, Get 3rd Free The Westin Harbour Castle
- $120 & up -- Toronto Hotel in Spring, Stay 3 nights, 20% off Novotel Toronto North York
- $156 -- Calgary 4-Diamond Summer Stay on Weekends, $120 Off — $156 Sheraton Suites Calgary Eau Claire
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