The northern point of Bonavista Peninsula in know for two things. Puffins, and root cellars. Let's get to the puffins first. A drive to Elliston gets you to Puffin Island. A small island just off the mainland that Puffins like to nest on. The following pictures were taken with my phone, so don't expect much. Still, they were fun to watch. Their nickname, clowns of the seas, does seem to fit.
The other thing Elliston in known for is the "root cellar capital of the world.
While driving around town we discovered the Seal Hunters Memorial. It depicts a father and son that froze to death on the ice while shipwrecked on a seal hunt. A very common occurrence back in the day. There was a monument with hundreds of names on both sides, of those who lost their lives pursuing seals.
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More to come..jc
