Railway Heritage Center — Attraction in Channel-Port aux Basques

Worth a $5/head stop if you like history. 'Railway Heritage' leaves out the shipping history finds which include two Astrolabes recovered from local ship wrecks in the 1600s. Astrolobe is a nav device that predates the sextant. Quite astonishing to learn about man's early knowledge of the sun and stars and how that changes daily over 365 days. Some history on the Caribou, the Sydney Port Aux Basque passenger ferry (you likely just took), sunk by the Nazis killing hundreds of...

Found the place by accident, took the tour which was pretty cheap and had the option of a guided tour which was pretty good. The student was not fully aware and read from a script, but he added some insight and answered some questions. Had a scavenger hunt for the kids that they...

A small museum stop of rail & marine curiosities, finding something interesting to engage with is likely. Take a guided tour of the rail cars and the cabin car will take take you back to rain travel in Newfoundland in the 1930s. $5 admission and and hour for a...