King’s Cove Lighthouse

I have just shown you lighthouses in Trinity and Bonavista, the more popular tourist spots on the Bonavista Peninsula. A tour of the area should also include the Bonavista Bay side where we found the King’s Cove Lighthouse in June 2009.

King’s Cove is a charming little community. It is an easy 45-minute hike to the lighthouse which was erected in 1893.

This is my one of my favorite areas in Newfoundland. I especially love the towns of Tickle Cove and Keels. In 2006 the photo on the back of the Newfoundland tourist map featured a nice scene with a clothesline in front of a rocky shore. Po asked where the photo was taken, and the folks at Fishers Lofts directed us to Tickle Cove. Although the day was overcast and drab, it was still impressive. I made sure we went back in 2009 which was a nicer day for taking photographs.

Po and I spent a couple of nights in the nearby town of Duntara in 2012. She was participating in an art show. Her piece was an installation of cod drying on a clothesline.

One morning we drove up the road to Keels. I drove Po back to Duntara so that she could sit in the gallery that day, but I was so captivated that I went back to Keels and spent the afternoon taking more photographs.

Here are some photos from Red Cliff and Duntara.

Red Cliff

Duntara

This ends the tour of Bonavista. I have now given you a great 10-day itinerary for your visit to Newfoundland, from St. John’s to Bonavista. Now we will be heading west, on our way to Labrador. I hope that you will be planning a three-week Newfoundland adventure by the time I am finished.