NEWFOUNDLAND – LA SCIE TO POLLARD’S POINT.
Day 115 – Last night after we posted yesterday’s post, there was another good sunset. Since that picture didn’t get posted yesterday, it’ll be first thing today. We are finished visiting the east & central parts of Newfoundland – for this trip anyway. We’re moving on today, beginning the last section of our trip which will be visiting the Northern Peninsula again when it’s not covered in snow, a several-week trip to see Gros Morne National Park in detail (we only drove through before, early in this trip), visiting communities on the western side of Newfoundland, and a trip by ferry to Labrador.
Sunset, Island Cove RV Park, La Scie, NF
132 miles, (2:40), 41749-41881
We sadly departed La Scie at 10:25 a.m. after dumping tanks. When we got up this morning it was sunny & 58 degrees. About ½ of the drive was on rough roads; the girls were not happy. The drive was uneventful; much of the scenery we’d seen before, but we weren’t sad to see the end, we hope, of the large mining trucks barreling down on us on the narrow roads. Also, the 58 km of rough road on Route 410 won’t be missed. But La Scie was wonderful. Heading west on the Trans-Canada Highway, we noticed that the last time we’d traveled this route (going east), the many trees were bare – only a few had begun to get their spring leaves. Now, late summer has begun to arrive and although the trees are fully leafed-out, the green of the trees is darkening & becoming duller. Also, just the last couple of nights, there’s been a distinct cooling in the air. All this means that summer is winding down already & it really only lasted about six weeks at the most.
Ore truck, NF-514 near La Scie, NF
Heading West again on the TCH
Pollards Point, NF
On the eastern side of the Northern Peninsula, there is one road that runs along the coast north from the Trans-Canada Highway. Route 420 only goes for about 70 km before it ends at the White Bay and the town of Jackson’s Arm. Along this route, the 420 only goes through two other towns, Pollard’s Point & Sop’s Arm. There are no roads & no towns along the east coast of the North Peninsula from Jackson’s Arm all the way up the eastern side of this long peninsula until you reach Englee, a distance of approximately 200 km, At that point, Englee, you are nearing the towns at the northernmost part of Newfoundland. We arrived at our campground at RiverSea Motel & RV Park in Pollard’s Point at 1:05 p.m. It was 75 degrees, partly cloudy & humid. The drive to Pollard’s Point was pretty, very green, with tall rolling hills & rocky cliffs. The campground was situated right on the water of White Bay. It’s a small recreational fishing town. For a change, it did not appear that there was commercial fishing going on. The dock & fish-cleaning station were near the campground. Boats would go out, usually with just two people on board, and return 1 to 1-1/2 hours later with LOTS of fish. The recently-caught fish would be brought up to the fish station & cleaned there, the waste parts of the fish were thrown to the Sea Gulls. Needless to say, there was much sea gull activity. We had lunch, set up camp, and relaxed the rest of the day. We spent the entire afternoon watching all the activity.
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