Route 201 (known as the Osprey Trail) is a provincial road in the Canadian province of
Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic Canada, Atlantic region. The province comprises t ...
. It is one of only three loop roads designated with a route number that starts and ends at the
Trans-Canada Highway
The Trans-Canada Highway (French: ; abbreviated as the TCH or T-Can) is a transcontinental federal–provincial highway system that travels through all ten provinces of Canada, from the Pacific Ocean on the west coast to the Atlantic Ocean on ...
(
Route 351, Norris Arm Road, and
Route 404, Robinsons Road, are the others). The road spans , and allows for a scenic journey along the southern coast of
Trinity Bay. There are quite a number of summer cottages along the route, and highway is known for an abundance of
osprey
The osprey (''Pandion haliaetus''), , also called sea hawk, river hawk, and fish hawk, is a diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey with a cosmopolitan range. It is a large raptor reaching more than in length and across the wings. It is brown o ...
s during the summer months.
The image of the osprey used in the logo on the Osprey Trail signage is believed to have been taken from the back of the 1989 issue of
Canada’s ten-dollar bill.
Route description
Route 201 begins in
Chapel Arm at an interchange between
Route 1 (
Trans-Canada Highway
The Trans-Canada Highway (French: ; abbreviated as the TCH or T-Can) is a transcontinental federal–provincial highway system that travels through all ten provinces of Canada, from the Pacific Ocean on the west coast to the Atlantic Ocean on ...
, Exit 27) and
Route 202 (Long Harbour Road). It heads north to pass through downtown before leaving and passing along the coastline to pass through
Norman's Cove-Long Cove
Norman's Cove-Long Cove is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The town had a population of 647 in the Canada 2021 Census, down from 720 in 2011.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics ...
. The highway now turns to the west and winds its way more inland for several kilometres before passing through
Thornlea,
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Placenames
Australia
* Bellevue, Western Australia
* Bellevue Hill, New South Wales
* Bellevue, Queensland
* Bellevue, Glebe, an historic house in Sydney, New South Wales
Canada ...
, and
Bellevue Beach
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, where it has an intersection with
Route 203 (Fair Haven Road). Route 201 winds its way along the coastline for a few kilometres to have an intersection with a local road leading to
Chance Cove before heading west through hilly terrain to come to an end at another intersection with Route 1 (TCH).
As with most highways in Newfoundland and Labrador, the entire length of Route 201 is a two-lane highway.
Major intersections
References
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201
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