3 Best Sights in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Cape Bonavista Lighthouse

A provincial historic site on the point, about 1 km (½ mile) outside town, the lighthouse was built in 1843 and has been restored to the way it looked in 1870.

505 Cape Shore Rd., Bonavista, Newfoundland and Labrador, A0C 1B0, Canada
709-468–7444
Sights Details
Rate Includes: $6, Closed early Oct.–late May

Mockbeggar Plantation

The home of F. Gordon Bradley, a proponent of Confederation, has been restored to its 1939 appearance, the better to chronicle the days leading up to Newfoundland becoming a province of Canada a decade later. The house was built in the 1870s, when it was a fishery plantation. Interpreters lead tours of the plantation house known as the Bradley House.

Roper St., Bonavista, Newfoundland and Labrador, A0C 1B0, Canada
709-468–7444
Sights Details
Rate Includes: C$6, Closed Nov.–Apr.

Ryan Premises National Historic Site

On the waterfront, this restored fish merchant's property depicts the history of the commercial cod fishery that prospered here between 1869 and the 1950s.

10 Ryan's Hill Rd., Bonavista, Newfoundland and Labrador, A0C 1B0, Canada
709-468–1600
Sights Details
Rate Includes: C$4, Closed Sept.–May

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