| Roaches Line, Route 70
Roaches Line(Route 70)connects the Conception Bay North Highway (Route 60) at Cupids Crossing and South River with the Trans Canada Highway (Route 1)and Veterans' Memorial Highway (Route 75).
The Look Out
It is primarily a farming area and known for its landmark life-sized, weather-vein horse statue atop a cliff, known locally at "The Look Out".
Besides the small year-round resident population, it is a popular cottage area, built up along the shores of the many lakes and ponds.
The home of Joey Smallwood (1900-1991), who led Newfoundland into confederation with Canada, is located on Roaches Line. He became the first premier of Newfoundland when it became a province in Canadian Confederation in 1949 and remained in that position for 23 years. His home is not open for public viewing.
Joey
Smallwood
Signing the Confederation with Canada document, Dec 1948
Photo: National Archives of Canada
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