Icebergs are 15,000-year-old chunks of Greenland glacier that usually take three years to drift down to southern Newfoundland. The northeast coast of the province is often referred to as Iceberg Alley by mariners because of the quantity of icebergs found there between April and July - anywhere from 80 to 8,000.
Twillingate NF, called the capital of the north, is the site of fabulous iceberg watching as it is situated in the heart of notorious "Iceberg Alley." Here you can watch whales frolic among the icebergs and enjoy some of the world's tastiest seafoods. Many Wildland holiday tours include iceberg spotting from the land and on the sea. View the magnificent blue-and-crystal hues of mammoth natural sculptures of the north - as they migrate south.
It was an iceberg off Newfoundland's coast that sank The Titanic. As a result of The Titanic tragedy, the U.S. Coast Guard established its Ice Patrol, which to this day tracks the movements of icebergs as they leave Greenland and drift south.
Newfoundland is the oldest British colony, independent country, youngest Canadian province - Newfoundland and Labrador rightfully takes its place in the centre of North American history. |
