"Cape Race, Newfoundland" a Cape Race Travel Page by crummey

Cape Race is an excellent place to go on a fine day: You can watch wildlife, explore The Drook, Chance Cove etc.; but Lord help you on a foul day.


There is a lighthouse at Cape Race, which is famous acause it first received the Titanic's S.O.S: the distress signal sent by Titanic was first recieved at Cape Race and transmitted to the rest of the world from there.

The lighthouse remote: its reached by a poorly maintained gravel road, its surrounded by one hundred foot cliffs, it averages 158 fog-bound days per year; its such a barren place that if a tree ever appeared the lighthouse keeper would shoot it!!!!


You'll enjoy Cape Race: the lighthouse keeper will be glad to show you thelight, and even offer you a cup of coffee.

Cape race was the destination of early Basque Whaler. They established whaling stations at places like Trepassey, Placentia Bay and Ramea.

Because Cape Race was a natural congregating point, William Vaughan established the Colony of Cambriol Colchus at nearby Trepassey in the 1620's.

In 1665, Holland's Admiral de Rutyer's rendevouzed off Cape Race before proceeding to St. John's and sacking the colony.

In 1696, a St. Malo Corsair named Commodore du Docher destroyed the fishing stations of Trepassey Bay; he supervised the expulsion of fishermen from the outports around Cape Race.

In 1720, Black Bart attacked a French fishing fleet near Cape Race; he captured a merchant ship, renaming it Royal Fortune and it became the flag-ship of his pirate navy.

There are lots of fabulous things to see around Cape Race, including The Drook and other small smugglers coves, but the roads are dirt and you should start early because you do not want to be caught on that windswept peninsula after dark unless you are prepared.