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Mackinsons
Photo: Gary Gleeson
Makinsons is an attractive inland community located about 5 km. south of Clarke’s Beach. It can be reached from both Route 75 and Route 70.
Historic Crout's Way Hiking Trail
Sign for Crout's Way Trail
The challenging Crout's Way Hiking Trial, which begins in Makinsons, Conception Bay ends in Hopeall, Trinity Bay. (The trail follows a path built by John Guy's Cupids colonists in 1612, when they were attempting to make contact with the Beothuk in Trinity Bay.) The Baccalieu Trail Heritage Corporation has been developing the trail, which is a "true wilderness experience." Walking the complete trail takes about two days, and it is only for the experienced hiker. Description of Crout's Way Trail and its historic background from the Baccalieu Trail Heritage Corporation >>
Entering the Valley at Drogheda
Photo: Baccalieu Trail Heritage Corporation
Registered Heritage Structure Drogheda
The Registered Heritage Structure Drogheda illustrates an important part of its history.
Drogheda was built in the mid 1800s by the Coveryduck family.The Coveyduck family farmed the land and started a saw milling business because of the vast amounts of white spruce and eastern pine. It is said that settlers named it for a mountain in Wales and that it means "Valley of Hope" in Welsh. First built as a traditional inland “winter home, it later became the centre for a booming business for lumber and building boats for the Labrador fishery.
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