Worth stopping for
Castle Hill National Historic Site
On the way to…
A Parks Canada site on the hill above Placentia, ten minutes into the drive. Parks Canada's own page describes the remnants of a stone fort, and invites visitors to imagine "cannons and muskets blazing as British and French forces battled on the shores of Newfoundland, vying for control of a lucrative fishery" in the 18th century — a chapter it says "determined the fate of a continent". What is open and when is Parks Canada's to publish, not this page's.
Stopping here adds about 7 min and 1.8 km to that drive (1h 13m door to door).
Parks Canada sets this site in the 18th century, when British and French forces battled on the shores of Newfoundland for control of a lucrative fishery, and describes what stands there now as the remnants of a stone fort — a chapter of history, in their words, that determined the fate of a continent. The visitor centre keeps a season rather than year-round hours, and passes are Parks Canada's to state, so check their page before you plan a day around it.
Stopping here adds about 8 min and 3 km to that drive (1h 43m door to door).
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What the map knows
While you're stopped here: O'Reilly House Museum (1.1 km away) · Gooseberry Cove Provincial Park (19 km away) · Fitzgerald's Pond Provincial Park Reserve (19.7 km away)
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