August 6, 2024 – West Coast of Newfoundland

 

Tuesday morning, we drove south to JT Cheesman Provincial Park in the rain. We stayed in the same site we were in when we were here on July 2nd. 

After lunch we drove along the Granite Coast to Rose Blanche about 45 miles east of Port Aux Basques.  The coast along this drive was beautiful.







Rose Blanche Lighthouse was constructed from local granite. The lighthouse was built in 1871 and restored in 1999.  We walked along a short path to reach the lighthouse.









Inside the tower is a stone spiral staircase.  This staircase kept the tower from collapsing while the remainder of the lighthouse fell to ruin.  This is looking up the staircase.








The lighthouse keeper's quarters have been furnished with locally reproduced furniture and local antiques.






There were 5 lightkeepers over the approximately 70 years of lighthouse operation.






After touring the lighthouse, we continued walking the path to an overlook of the fishing village of Rose Blanche.   The village got its name from the white quartz found in the area and is a corruption of the French words ‘roche blanche’ or white rock.







Praying Hands Rock along the path.






        The views of the Atlantic coast were beautiful.






Nancy and Tacky enjoyed the views from the chairs beside the trail.

After our time at the lighthouse, we enjoyed hamburgers from the food kiosk.






On the way back to the campground, we stopped at Barachois Falls, another beautiful Newfoundland waterfall.







We hiked along a wooden boardwalk towards the bottom of the falls and the views were spectacular.

 This was certainly a wonderful way to end our time in Newfoundland.











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