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MA & T in the New Found Land


25 days' driving, 6700 kilometers.

Highlights

Geology (Tablelands, Green Point, .. everywhere: "Rocks Adrift" 2009 by Michael Burzynski and Anne Marceau (Parks Canada) overviews Gros Morne; S. Coleman-Sadd and S. A. Scott 2003 "Traveller's Guide to the Geology, Newfoundland and Labrador" (Geological Association of Canada) explains a couple of hundred sites across the province)

Paleontology (Mistaken Point, Flower's Cove, Green Point)

Archaeology (Ferryland, Boyd's Cove, Anse aux Meadows)

History (overexploitation of fishers then of fish: poverty, missions (Wilfred Grenfell), unions, conflict, resettlement, moratorium; the 99-year fight with Hydro-Quebec; and a couple of tsunamis)

Music and humour (Anchors Aweigh, Rocky Harbour): "Was it you or your uncle Billy who drowned while overseas?" "I guess it was me: Billy never went overseas."


Edmunston, Aug. 2, 2010 7 photos, 0.8 Mbytes
Placentia, Aug. 5-6, 2010 9 photos, 1.2 Mbytes
Trepassey, Aug. 6-7, 2010 14 photos, 1.7 Mbytes
Ferryland, Aug. 8, 2010 10 photos, 1.3 Mbytes
St. John's, Aug. 8--11, 2010 13 photos, 1.5 Mbytes
Skerwink Trail, Aug. 11, 2010 10 photos, 1.1 Mbytes
Terra Nova Park and Eastport peninsula, Aug. 12, 2010 5 photos, 0.7 Mbytes
Gander to Hampden, Aug. 13 - 15, 2010 10 photos, 1.3 Mbytes
Gros Morne Tablelands, Aug. 15, 2010 7 photos, 1.1 Mbytes
Gros Morne Western Brook Pond, Aug. 16, 2010 19 photos, 1.8 Mbytes
Gros Morne Mountain, Aug. 17, 2010 14 photos, 3.5 Mbytes
Gros Morne Green Point, Aug. 21, 2010 8 photos, 1.0 Mbytes
Gros Morne Rocky Harbour, Aug. 15 - 21, 2010 8 photos, 0.8 Mbytes
Port au Choix, Aug. 18 - 20, 2010 9 photos, 1.3 Mbytes
Anse Aux Meadows, Aug. 19, 2010 8 photos, 0.9 Mbytes; 1 videoclip
St. Anthony to Stephenville, Aug. 20 - 22, 2010 9 photos, 1.0 Mbytes
Port aux Basques, etc., Aug. 23 - 24, 2010 5 photos, 0.6 Mbytes
Fauna, Aug. 5 - 18, 2010 7 photos, 1.0 Mbytes; 1 videoclip
Flora, Aug. 5 - 20, 2010 16 photos, 2.6 Mbytes