Following the Viking Trail, Day 5
July 6th 2008 June 26, 2008 Whaling in Red Bay - Hunting and Watching
Our first stop as we explored southern Labrador was the Pinware River, an exception place for trout fishing, plus salmon is abundant here.
We learned about whale hunting when we arrived at the village of Red Bay. Today it’s population is 211, but in the early 1500s, when Boston and New York were still wilderness, this part of t
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