L'Anse aux Meadows to Port aux Choix

L'Anse un Meadows is the sight of the first European settlement in North America around 500 years before Columbus.  It didn't last long around 10 years, the Vikings leaving because of deteriorating relations with the native people and together with the harsh winters made things very difficult to carry on with their mission which was acting as a base camp for further journeys south, in search of food (wild grapes and nuts from what is now New Brunswick) and of course wood for the building and repair of their boats. Wood being in short supply back at their main base in Greenland

The hill overlooking the Viking settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows

Boardwalk leading from the visitor centre to the actual settlement 

A reconstruction of a Viking Longhouse with some workshops

The original buildings or what is left of them, indentations on the ground where the walls once stud.

The two photos here of the view from our B&B bedroom.  Above as the sun was setting and below the sun rise the next morning.

Port au Chois, big storm going on in The Gulf of St. Lawrence, really wild evening.

On our way to the lighthouse at Point Riche we came across a small herd of Caribou.

The wind was so strong you could hardly stand, didn't seem to bother them.

Point Riche Lighthouse in the fading light.

The next morning we went back to the lighthouse and there were evan more Caribou, happily munching away.   A few photos and then off south to Lobster Cove.