Kevin’s guidebook
Food scene
Note: All restaurants and liquor establishments are subject to COVID protocols. These are subject to change as directed by Provincial health authorities.
-- Coldwater Cafe & Eatery (Carbonear) offers lunch and evening full menu meals in renovated Water St. property for pleasing ambiance. Food selections are cosmopolitan, often featuring Newfoundland ocean and garden products and flavour accents. Highly recommended.
- - Dark Star Coffee Roasters Cafe (Carbonear) for tasty treats and on-site roasted coffee beans, home baked treats and a daily change of meat pies. Located in a heritage telephone exchange building with a harbour view deck.
-- Sea-Spun (Carbonear) is part knitting boutique and part cafe. Seating is very limited. Coffee is excellent and a variety of exquisite treats are available, plus soups and sandwiches.
- - Crooked Phil's Cafe (Carbonear) for trucker style breakfasts all day (closes at 3pm) and various lunch selections.
- - Stone Jug Pub and Restaurant (Carbonear) is a popular 3-story waterfront location with heritage ambiance and a steak-house menu, plus seafood and an extensive choice of local/imported draughts, ales and liquors.
- - Route 66 (Carbonear) is retro-styled diner on the waterfront serving hearty meals for all ages, served inside or on its spacious deck.
- - Don's Restaurant (Carbonear) is a Chinese/Canadian menu featuring daily buffets at noon and dinnertime.
- - And a yaffle of fast food/take-out franchises: Subway, MacDonald's, Dairy Queen, Mary Brown's, A&W, Robin's Coffee & Donuts, Tim Horton's, Ches's Fish 'n Chips, Peter's Pizza.
Carbonear, one of Nfld's oldest communities, is a picturesque town of approximately 5,000 people only minutes from Salmon Cove by car. It is a commercial and service centre for Conception Bay North and the eastern shore of Trinity Bay. It hosts a major hospital, a campus of the College of the North Atlantic, and a community performance theatre. Visitors can find Carbonear's history on display in the Rorke Stores Museum and the nearby Railway Museum on the town's waterfront. Check the town's websites for summer events that may be of interest.
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Carbonear
Carbonear, one of Nfld's oldest communities, is a picturesque town of approximately 5,000 people only minutes from Salmon Cove by car. It is a commercial and service centre for Conception Bay North and the eastern shore of Trinity Bay. It hosts a major hospital, a campus of the College of the North Atlantic, and a community performance theatre. Visitors can find Carbonear's history on display in the Rorke Stores Museum and the nearby Railway Museum on the town's waterfront. Check the town's websites for summer events that may be of interest.
Parks & natural attractions
The sites in this list are located on the Avalon Peninsula within a leisurely day's drive--at most--from Salmon Cove.
Salmonier Nature Park is approximately one hour from Salmon Cove. It features native Nfld wildlife and flora. The park's mission is "to provide exemplary learning opportunities and visitor experiences" by connecting people with the natural environment of the island and with its wildlife. It's a fun and educational outdoor space for all ages. The park has 3 kms of boardwalk trails conducive to visitors in wheelchairs. It makes a delightful pause if you are exploring the 'Irish Loop': eastward via Trepassey, Cape Race, Fairyland and St. John's; or westward via Branch, Cape St. Mary's Bird Sanctuary and Placentia.
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Salmonier Nature Park
Salmonier LineSalmonier Nature Park is approximately one hour from Salmon Cove. It features native Nfld wildlife and flora. The park's mission is "to provide exemplary learning opportunities and visitor experiences" by connecting people with the natural environment of the island and with its wildlife. It's a fun and educational outdoor space for all ages. The park has 3 kms of boardwalk trails conducive to visitors in wheelchairs. It makes a delightful pause if you are exploring the 'Irish Loop': eastward via Trepassey, Cape Race, Fairyland and St. John's; or westward via Branch, Cape St. Mary's Bird Sanctuary and Placentia.
One of the world's most important gannet rookeries, the Reserve is approximately two hours by car from Salmon Cove. A unique feature of this site is how close visitors can get to Bird Rock where all the mating, egg-laying, hatching occurs. Perhaps most astonishing is how the gannets plunge into the sea to capture the fish that they bring to their fledglings on the cliffs. These birds actually pursue their prey under water. And early in the summers, the Reserve is also a prime place to watch the gathering of the whales that forage on the massive schools of migrating capelin and cod. The Reserve is part of Canada's national wildlife parks. Every summer, the Lighthouse at the Reserve hosts musical performances, story-telling and other cultural treats. You are advised to inquire directly from the Ecological Reserve for the dates of these events and to inquire of any COVID related restrictions and requirements (attendance, masks, etc.).
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Cape St. Mary's Ecological Reserve
One of the world's most important gannet rookeries, the Reserve is approximately two hours by car from Salmon Cove. A unique feature of this site is how close visitors can get to Bird Rock where all the mating, egg-laying, hatching occurs. Perhaps most astonishing is how the gannets plunge into the sea to capture the fish that they bring to their fledglings on the cliffs. These birds actually pursue their prey under water. And early in the summers, the Reserve is also a prime place to watch the gathering of the whales that forage on the massive schools of migrating capelin and cod. The Reserve is part of Canada's national wildlife parks. Every summer, the Lighthouse at the Reserve hosts musical performances, story-telling and other cultural treats. You are advised to inquire directly from the Ecological Reserve for the dates of these events and to inquire of any COVID related restrictions and requirements (attendance, masks, etc.).
Castle Hill is about a one hour drive from Salmon Cove. It looks over Placentia Bay and the town of Placentia. first settled by Basque fishers in the 1500s. Castle Hill is the site of Fort Royal, one of three established in the area by France in the 1600s. From 1662 to 1713 it was France's New World capital, before moving it to Louisburg, N.S. and later to Quebec. Today a national historic park preserves and interprets the ruins of the fort and its history, including the story of King William IV, who stayed several months at Fort Royal in 1786 after England took control as part of the terms of the Treaty of Utrecht (1713). You can make Placentia and Castle Hill your first stop in a driving tour of the "Irish Loop" (allow three to four hours to drive the complete circle route back to Salmon Cove).
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Castle Hill National Historic Site
1 Old Castle Hill RdCastle Hill is about a one hour drive from Salmon Cove. It looks over Placentia Bay and the town of Placentia. first settled by Basque fishers in the 1500s. Castle Hill is the site of Fort Royal, one of three established in the area by France in the 1600s. From 1662 to 1713 it was France's New World capital, before moving it to Louisburg, N.S. and later to Quebec. Today a national historic park preserves and interprets the ruins of the fort and its history, including the story of King William IV, who stayed several months at Fort Royal in 1786 after England took control as part of the terms of the Treaty of Utrecht (1713). You can make Placentia and Castle Hill your first stop in a driving tour of the "Irish Loop" (allow three to four hours to drive the complete circle route back to Salmon Cove).
City/town information
Brigus traces its European settlement to 1612 by arrangement between the island's first official European settler John Guy and another settler. Over the centuries Brigus became famous for its succession of adventurous navigators, including Capt. Bob Bartlett who successfully sailed Admiral Robert Perry to his 'conquest' of the North Pole. Controversial American artist Rockwell Kent (b. 1882; d. 1971) lived in Brigus early in WWI. His house is still standing and restored. Brigus is a distinctly picturesque town exuding history through times both of prosperity and hardship. For today's visitors it offers varied dining and craft shopping venues. There's a hiking trail to a navigation light that only the physically fit should try (1 - 2 hours round trip) that offers stupendous views of the historic harbour and town. A visit to Brigus can easily be combined with one to nearby Cupids.
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Brigus
Brigus traces its European settlement to 1612 by arrangement between the island's first official European settler John Guy and another settler. Over the centuries Brigus became famous for its succession of adventurous navigators, including Capt. Bob Bartlett who successfully sailed Admiral Robert Perry to his 'conquest' of the North Pole. Controversial American artist Rockwell Kent (b. 1882; d. 1971) lived in Brigus early in WWI. His house is still standing and restored. Brigus is a distinctly picturesque town exuding history through times both of prosperity and hardship. For today's visitors it offers varied dining and craft shopping venues. There's a hiking trail to a navigation light that only the physically fit should try (1 - 2 hours round trip) that offers stupendous views of the historic harbour and town. A visit to Brigus can easily be combined with one to nearby Cupids.
Cupids, 45 minutes to an hour from Salmon Cv, is the oldest continuously settled British colony in Canada and is believed to be the site of the first child born of European parents in N. America. It was founded by John Guy in 1610. Visitors can easily combine a visit to both Cupids and another historical and legendary outport, Brigus.
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Cupids
Cupids, 45 minutes to an hour from Salmon Cv, is the oldest continuously settled British colony in Canada and is believed to be the site of the first child born of European parents in N. America. It was founded by John Guy in 1610. Visitors can easily combine a visit to both Cupids and another historical and legendary outport, Brigus.