Cape Bonavista is a headland located on the east coast of the island of
Newfoundland
Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region ...
in the
Canadian
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province of
Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region ...
. It is located at the northeastern tip of the
Bonavista Peninsula
The Bonavista Peninsula is a large peninsula on the east coast of the island of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It consists of 50 incorporated towns/unincorporated communities which have a population of 12,176 ...
, which separates
Trinity Bay to the south from
Bonavista Bay to the north. The nearby town of
Bonavista takes its name from this historic landmark.
John Cabot
John Cabot ( it, Giovanni Caboto ; 1450 – 1500) was an Italian navigator and explorer. His 1497 voyage to the coast of North America under the commission of Henry VII of England is the earliest-known European exploration of coastal Nor ...
may have landed at this site on June 24, 1497 with his second expedition to North America (or at another time in the 15th century). Other Newfoundland locations also claim to be his landing site.
The
lighthouse
A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of physical structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid, for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways.
Lighthouses m ...
on Cape Bonavista was built in 1843. A thriving
puffin
Puffins are any of three species of small alcids (auks) in the bird genus ''Fratercula''. These are pelagic seabirds that feed primarily by diving in the water. They breed in large colonies on coastal cliffs or offshore islands, nesting in crev ...
colony is located on a craggy island separated from the Cape by a narrow, precipitous channel.
Gallery
Cape_Bonavista.JPG, Cape Bonavista, looking northwest from Spillar's Cove
Cape Bonavista Lighthouse (7779525416).jpg, Cliffs and lighthouse
Cape Bonavista (8003206558).jpg, Cliff perspective
Cape Bonavista Nfld Puffin Island and Iceberg DSC07359 07.jpg, An iceberg and tip of puffin colony, seen from the Cape
See also
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List of lighthouses in Canada
This is a list of lighthouses in Canada. These may naturally be divided into lighthouses on the Pacific coast, on the Arctic Ocean, in the Hudson Bay watershed, on the Labrador Sea and Gulf of St. Lawrence, in the St. Lawrence River watershed ...
References
External links
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Headlands of Newfoundland and Labrador