We had Just a day on Labrador seeing the culture, and some sights in Red Bay National Historical Site. This afternoon we boarded the ferry for our return trip to the Mainland.
"Cow Head is the northern-most community in Gros Morne National Park. Cow Head has a peninsula joined to the mainland by a narrow gravel isthmus. The peninsula is known as 'The Head', it's also known as Summerside. The town is called Winterside. Residents would live on The Head during the summer. When fishing season ended in October, they would move to the more protected Winterside. The government re-settled Summerside to the existing town site. The Head today has a fishing wharf, several cemeteries, a couple of summer homes and a beautiful trail. Cow Head sits on a very shallow bay, which is called Shallow Bay. The tides here are quite noticeable, with quite a few rocks in the bay exposed at low tide. The bay is protected by some pretty islands. There are two bays separated by a sandy spit. Cow Head has one of the longest sand beaches in Newfoundland and a large area of dunes."
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