The Ryan Premises
& Bonavista Museum
& Bonavista Museum
For more than 100 years this merchant-run salt fish complex served as a key economic force behind Bonavista's inshore fishery. The Ryan family made their fortune buying and curing salt cod and selling it all over the world.
Cape Bonavista Lighthouse
Located at the tip of Cape Bonavista is the Cape Bonavista Lighthouse. It was created to guide mariners bound for Labrador. The two-storey wooden structure is built around a tower which supports the lantern. The light was put in operation on September 11, 1843.
The Mathhew Legacy
John Cabot's famous voyage of dicovery to Newfoundland was made in a 65-foot caravel called the Matthew, almost certainly named for Cabot's wife, Mattea.
John Cabot Statue
The Dungeon
On the road between Lance Cove and Bonavista you'll find one of nature's carvings, the Dungeon. It is a circular opening in the cliff with two seaward-side channels where the sea roars through. It is approximately 300 feet across and 15 metres deep. Tidal action has created a natural beach. You can swim or go through the channels in a small boat.
Mockbeggar Plantation
The earliest owner of the Mockbeggar Property that has been identified was Joseph White of Poole (1685-1771). He carried a diversified business related to codfishing, salmon, and seal fisheries, ship building, and trading between Newfoundland, Ireland, New England and the West Indies.
Bonavista Courthouse
Bonavista's first courthouse burned to the ground in 1897. The present courthouse was built in 1900, on the very spot where Bonavista's English defended themselves from French attack in 1704, and where the Whipping Post stood
Puffins
The Cape (Cape Bonavista) like most of coastal Newfoundland provides a home for puffins.
Icebergs
These are just a few of Bonavista's many beautiful sites! Be sure to make time to someday view this beautiful town I call my own ! :)
NICE ENTRY! Sonya posted a blog on her hometown of Holyrood a few weeks back and like you she is proud of wher she came from - and good for you. The Only way these towns wil ever survive without the once strong fishery is to have young people like youselves have faith in them to survive. All the old fuddie duddies - i'm one too- that sit on Town Councils of these towns have a paticular viewpoint that is often rooted in the past. My hope is that with the skills you learn here and wherever else you want to go can be brought back to your town to help make it prosper...to you from failing hands we pass the torch...
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