CORNERBROOK, NEWFOUNDLAND

 Our next Port-0'-Call was Halifax, Nova Scotia, but the weather was so wet and miserable we never got beyond the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic.  When the Titanic hit an iceberg and sank on April 15, 1912 Halifax was the closest major seaport with rail connections. It was the base for ships searching and recovering bodies.  Only 337 of the 1500 bodies were found.  Of the 337 bodies recovered, 119 were buried at sea. 209 were brought back to Halifax and buried in 3 cemeteries. 59 were claimed by relatives and shipped to their home communities.  The museum had a great deal of information and artifacts from the disaster, but I have decided not to put any photos I took on this blog.

Leaving Halifax and heading for Sydney, our next stop we encountered a force 10 gale.  Though the ship was a former Russia ice breaker and rode the storm well our captain deemed it too dangerous to try to dock in Sydney. We headed instead for Corner Brook, Newfoundland.

While playing bridge the the next morning after a very rocky night, we passed this beautiful, but dangerous ice berg which drove home how it could sink the "unsinkable ship".

 Leaving the harbor of Corner Brook (no idea how it got its name), the first thing one sees is this huge stack of logs.  It is for the main industry (other than fishing) which is the paper mill.

 Outside of town is a hill side of government housing, not bad looking from the outside.  Thought a bit of research listed Corner Brook as one of the worst places to live.

  Corner Brook is located on the west coast of the Island of Newfoundland,  on the "Bay of           Islands".

There is no doubt that fishing is the main attraction for commerce or food, cod being most common.

                                The houses or fishing shacks by the dock.

                        Of course there are always lobster to be caught in cold water.

 My husband, Chuck, who sold his fishing boat a few years ago, can never resist a look.

 At the end of the road is a little town called Lark Harbour.  The local ladies displayed their
crafts and had made some cookies and small sandwiches for us.  Of course I had to buy something.  A cruise ship arriving is a big event.  I couldn't resist the name of the library.

                Near by was this charming little inlet called "Bottle Cove",

Where  waves splashed over the rocks. It would be a great swimming place in warmer water.

Back outside of town on a high promontory was a monument to Captain James Cook who
first came to Canada in 1758 as Master on a vessel during the 7 years war with the French.
Having learned to use the "plane table" from an army cartographer, he was sent to Newfoundland in 1763 to survey the area, as he did for the next 5 years.

      Check the two maps in the bottom center of the sign to see the accuracy he produced.

 From up there I saw a beautiful view of our ship, and one of the paper mill by town.

But the best view was this one.