Cape Bonavista Lighthouse
The brightly coloured Bonavista Coast Lighthouse is a fascinating sight on Newfoundland's beaches, attracting visitors with its history as the fourth oldest lighthouse in the region. Built in 1843, Cape Bonavista's lighthouse is one of the few in the world where visitors can climb to the top and see the same lighting fixtures used in the 1800s, and is a great place to see whales, ice caps and seabirds. Glimpse the 10,000-year-old iceberg and gaze at the horizon from the top of the Cape Bonavista Lighthouse Provincial Historic Site, where lightkeepers have kept watch since the 1840s. If you look close enough, you might catch a glimpse of a puffin nesting ground behind the lighthouse or see humpback whales....
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The brightly coloured Bonavista Coast Lighthouse is a fascinating sight on Newfoundland's beaches, attracting visitors with its history as the fourth oldest lighthouse in the region. Built in 1843, Cape Bonavista's lighthouse is one of the few in the world where visitors can climb to the top and see the same lighting fixtures used in the 1800s, and is a great place to see whales, ice caps and seabirds. Glimpse the 10,000-year-old iceberg and gaze at the horizon from the top of the Cape Bonavista Lighthouse Provincial Historic Site, where lightkeepers have kept watch since the 1840s. If you look close enough, you might catch a glimpse of a puffin nesting ground behind the lighthouse or see humpback whales.
