Welcome to Red Bay National Historic Site
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Where once stood the home of the first large-scale whale oil production in the world.
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You can visualize the day the San Juan sank in 1565, only 50 metres away, and stand at the whaler's burial ground where 140 colleagues and friends were carefully laid to rest.
If you take a boat or kayak trip to nearby Saddle Island, you will find the remains of a time miraculously preserved. Where once stood the home of the first large-scale whale oil production in the world, now piles of red clay roof tiles can be found on the island, 500 years since its closure.
Getting to Red Bay Historic Site
Red Bay National Historic Site is part of Expedition 51°: South. It can be reached via ferry from St. Barbe, Newfoundland, to Blanc Sablon, Québec, and just an 82-kilometre, or 1-hour, drive.More on Getting to Newfoundland & Labrador
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