Weather is keeping us in harbour so we will explore another part of Red Bay today --- a part that most tourists never see --- the tundra and hills behind the town.
Red Bay and the harbour:
The Basin:
One of the burying grounds. It is amazing that any place can be found as it is solid rock below the thin surface crust:
Labrador is known for its flies and mosquitoes:
Yes, Red Bay even has an airport --- a single dirt runway. We believe it used to be used in the past, when there was no road, during the winter months. Planes brought the supplies and probably landed with skis on the snow. During the summer months the coastal steamer brought the supplies.
The recreational / food fishery is open right now and everyone is going out twice a day for their quota of cod:
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